Edit the description's bibliography (Lizard Island Field Guide)

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E. (2001). Surgeonfishes of the World Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Other references

  • Bellwood, D.R. (1988). Ontogenetic changes in the diet of early post-settlement Scarus species (Pisces: Scaridae), Journal of Fish Biology, 33: 213-219. LIRS catalog number 396.
  • Burdon-Jones, C. and G.R.W. Denton (1981). Metals in marine organisms from the Great Barrier Reef Province. Part 1. Base line survey,Interim Progress Report, James Cook University, Townsville.. LIRS catalog number 69.
  • Ceccarelli, D.M., M.J. Emslie and Z.T. Richards (2016). Post-disturbance stability of fish assemblages measured at coarse taxonomic resolution masks change at finer scales. PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156232. LIRS catalog number 1971.
  • Choat, J.H. and L.M. Axe (1996). Growth and longevity in acanthurid fishes; an analysis of otolith increments, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 134: 15-26. LIRS catalog number 460.
  • Choat, J.H. and D.R. Bellwood (1985). Interactions amongst herbivorous fishes on a coral reef: influence of spatial variation, Marine Biology, 89: 221-234. LIRS catalog number 213.
  • Clements, K.D. (1991). Gut microorganisms of surgeonfishes (Family Acanthuridae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 321.
  • Clements, K.D., D.P. German, J. Piche, A. Tribollet and J.H. Choat (2016). Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016. LIRS catalog number 2056.
  • Clements, K.D., G.R. Russ, D. McB. Williams and A.M. Ayling (1988). A species list of the family Acanthuridae (Pisces) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, with notes on latitudinal distribution patterns,manuscript only. LIRS catalog number 242.
  • Cribb, T.H., R.A. Bray, K.A. Hall and S.C. Cutmore (2015). A review of the genus Antorchis Linton, 1911 (Trematoda: Faustulidae) from Indo-Pacific fishes with the description of a new species, Systematic Parasitology, 92: 1-11. LIRS catalog number 1909.
  • Hoey, A.S. (2010). The ecosystem role of macroalgal browsing fishes on coral reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1415.
  • Kerry, J.T. and D. R. Bellwood (2015). Competition for shelter in a high-diversity system: structure use by large reef fishes, Coral Reefs, doi 10.1007/s00338-015-1362-3. LIRS catalog number 1937.
  • Kerry, J.T. and D.R. Bellwood (2015). The functional role of tabular structures for large reef fishes: avoiding predators or solar irradiance? Coral Reefs, 34: 693-702. LIRS catalog number 1878.
  • Kerry, J.T. and D.R. Bellwood (2017). Environmental drivers of sheltering behaviour in large reef fishes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 125: 254-259. LIRS catalog number 2183.
  • Khan, J.A., C.H.R. Goatley, S.J. Brandl, S.B. Tebbett1 and D.R. Bellwood (2017). Shelter use by large reef fishes: long-term occupancy and the impacts of disturbance. Coral Reefs, 36(4): 1123-1132. LIRS catalog number 2181.
  • Klanten, S.O. (2003). Molecular phylogeny, temporal patterns of lineage diversification and phylogeography of the surgeonfish genus Naso (Acanthuridae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 860.
  • Klanten, L. van Herwerden, J.H. Choat and D. Blair, S. (2004). Patterns of lineage diversification in the genus Naso (Acanthuridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32: 221-235. LIRS catalog number 1680.
  • Montgomery, W.L. (1988). Gut microbes, fat storage and gonadal development in surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae),Unpublished report. LIRS catalog number 243.
  • Richardson, L.E., N.A.J. Graham, M.S. Pratchett, J.G. Eurich and A.S. Hoey (2018). Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogeniszation of reef fish assemblages. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.14119. LIRS catalog number 2200.
  • Sweatman, H.P.A. (1985). Habitat selection and the influence of resident humbug fishes, Dascyllus aruanus and D. reticulatus on recruitment, Ph.D. thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney. LIRS catalog number 249.
  • Sweatman, H. (1985). The timing of settlement by larval Dascyllus aruanus: some consequences for larval habitat selection, "Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress".5,Tahiti, : 367-371. LIRS catalog number 188.
  • Sweatman, H.P.A. (1985). The influence of adults of some coral reef fishes on larval recruitment, Ecological Monographs, 55(4): 469-485. LIRS catalog number 175.
  • Sweatman, H. (1988). Field evidence that settling coral reef fish larvae detect resident fishes using dissolved chemical cues, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 124: 163-174. LIRS catalog number 361.