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

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

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  • Fulton, C.J. (2007). Swimming speed performance in coral reef fishes: field validations reveal distinct functional groups, Coral Reefs, 26: 217-228. LIRS catalog number 1080.
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  • Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt, V. Messmer, A.J. Brooks, M. Srinivasan, P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones (2015). Reef fishes in biodiversity hotspots are at greatest risk from loss of coral species, PLOS One, doi10.1371/journal.pone.0124054. LIRS catalog number 1915.
  • Lassig, B.R. (1981). Significance of the epidermal ichthyotoxic secretion of coral-dwelling gobies, Toxicon, 19(6): 729-735. LIRS catalog number 685.
  • Lassig, B.R. (1983). The effects of a cyclonic storm on coral reef assemblages, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9(1): 55-63. LIRS catalog number 253.
  • Lawton, R.J. (2011). Geographic variation in ecology of coral feeding butterflyfishes and resilience to large scale disturbances. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1522.
  • Lawton, R.J., A.J. Cole, M.L. Berumen and M.S. Pratchett (2011). Geographic variation in resource use by specialist versus generalist butterflyfishes. Ecography, 34: 1-11. LIRS catalog number 1461.
  • Lawton, R.J., V. Messmer, M.S. Pratchett and L.K. Bay (2011). High gene flow across large geographic scales reduces extinction risk for a highly specialised coral feeding butterflyfish, Molecular Ecology, 20: 3584-3598. LIRS catalog number 1424.
  • Lawton, R.J., M.S. Pratchett and L.K. Bay (2010). Cross-species amplification of 44 microsatellite loci developed for Chaetodon trifascialis, C. lunulatus and C. vagabundus in 22 related butterflyfish species, Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/j1755-0998.2010.02919x. LIRS catalog number 1357.
  • Lawton, R.J., M.S. Pratchett and L.K. Bay (2010). Isolation and characterization of 29 microsatellite loci for studies of population connectivity in the butterflyfishes Chaetodon trifascialis and Chaetodon lunulatus, Conservation Genetics Resources, 2: 209-213. LIRS catalog number 1356.
  • Lawton, R.J., M.S. Pratchett and M.L. Berumen (2011). The use of specialisation indices to predict vulnerability of coral-feeding butterflyfishes to environmental change. Oikos, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19409.x. LIRS catalog number 1418.
  • Lawton, R.J. and M.S. Pratchett (2012). Influence of dietary specialization and resource availability on geographical variation in abundance of butterflyfish. Ecology and Evolution, 2(7): 1347-1361. LIRS catalog number 1543.
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  • Pratchett, M.S. (1995). Spatial distribution, abundance and diet selection of butterflyfish (Pisces: Chaetodontidae), Honours thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 474.
  • Pratchett, M.S. (2001). Dynamics of outbreak populations of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L.), and their effects on coral reef ecosystems, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Australia. LIRS catalog number 762.
  • Pratchett, M. (2005). Dietary overlap among coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 148: 373-382. LIRS catalog number 941.
  • Pratchett, M.S. and M.L. Berumen (2008). Interspecific variation in distributions and diets of coral reef butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae), Journal of Fish Biology, 73: 1730-1747. LIRS catalog number 1205.
  • Pratchett, M.S., M.L. Berumen, M.J. Marnane, J.V. Eagle and D.J. Pratchett (2008). Habitat associations of juvenile versus adult butterflyfishes, Coral Reefs, 27: 541-551. LIRS catalog number 1141.
  • Pratchett, M.S., P.L. Munday, S.K. Wilson, N.A.J Graham, J.E. Cinner, D.R. Bellwood, G.P Jones, N.V.C. Polunin and T.R. McClanahan (2008). Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - ecological and economic consequences, Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review, 46: 251-296. LIRS catalog number 1150.
  • 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.
  • Siebeck, U.E. (2002). UV vision and visual ecology of reef fish, Ph.D. thesis, University of Queensland. LIRS catalog number 754.
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  • Syms, C. (1998). Habitat association, disturbance dynamics, and the role of spatial scale in structuring coral reef fish assemblages, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 533.
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