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

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: Surf Parrotfish (species: Scarus rivulatus)

References that assist with identification

  • Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat (1989). A description of the juvenile phase colour patterns of 24 parrotfish species (Family Scaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum, 41: 1-41. LIRS catalog number 264.

Other references

  • Bellwood, D.R. (1985). The functional morphology, systematics and behavioural ecology of parrotfishes (Family Scaridae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 310.
  • Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat (1990). A functional analysis of grazing in parrotfishes (family Scaridae): the ecological implications, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 28: 189-214. LIRS catalog number 305.
  • Bellwood, D.R. and C.J. Fulton (2008). Sediment-mediated suppression of herbivory on coral reefs: decreasing resilience to rising sea levels and climate change? Limnology and Oceanography, 53: 2695-2701. LIRS catalog number 1259.
  • Bonaldo, R.M. (2011). The ecosystem role of parrotfishes on coral reefs, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1412.
  • Brandl, S.J., A.S. Hoey and D.R. Bellwood (2013). Micro-topography mediates interactions between corals, algae, and herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, DOI 10.1007/s00338-013-1110-5. LIRS catalog number 1706.
  • Brandl, S.J. and D.R. Bellwood (2013). Morphology, sociality, and ecology: can morphology predict pairing behavior in coral reef fishes? Coral Reefs, 32: 835-836. LIRS catalog number 1718.
  • Brandl, S.J. and D.R. Bellwood (2014). Individual-based analyses reveal limited functional overlap in a coral reef fish community, Journal of Animal Ecology, 83: 661-670. LIRS catalog number 2063.
  • Choat, J.H., L.M. Axe and D.C. Lou (1996). Growth and longevity in fishes of the family Scaridae, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 145: 33-41. LIRS catalog number 572.
  • 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.
  • Choat, J.H. and K.D. Clements (1993). Daily feeding rates in herbivorous labroid fishes, Marine Biology, 117: 205-211. LIRS catalog number 387.
  • Choat, J.H., K.D. Clements and W.D. Robbins (2002). The tropic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. 1. Dietary analyses, Marine Biology, 140: 613-623. LIRS catalog number 729.
  • Choat, J.H., O.S. Klanten, L. Van Herwerden, D.R. Robertson and K.D. Clements (2012). Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107: 529-557. LIRS catalog number 1559.
  • Choat, J.H. and J.E. Randall (1985). A review of the parrotfishes (family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species, Records of the Australian Museum, 38(4): 175-239. LIRS catalog number 211.
  • Choat, J.H. and D.R. Robertson (2002). Chapter 3: Age-based studies on coral reef fishes in: Coral Reef Fishes. Sale, P. (Ed.). Academic Press. LIRS catalog number 1095.
  • Clements, K.D. (1997). Fermentation and gastrointestinal microorganisms in fishes in: Gastrointestinal microbiology: Vol. 1: Gastrointestinal ecosystems and fermentations. Eds. R.I. Mackie and B.A. White. Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 156-198. LIRS catalog number 491.
  • Clements, K.D. and J.H. Choat (1995). Fermentation in tropical marine herbivorous fishes, Physiological Zoology, 68(3): 355-378. LIRS catalog number 454.
  • 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.
  • Dudgeon, C.L., N. Gust and D. Blair (2000). No apparent genetic basis to demographic differences in scarid fishes across continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 137: 1059-1066. LIRS catalog number 891.
  • Eckes, M.J., U.E. Siebeck, S. Dove and A.S. Grutter (2008). Ultraviolet sunscreens in reef fish mucus, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 353: 201-211. LIRS catalog number 1158.
  • Fox, R.J. (2012). The trophic and spatial ecology of rabbitfishes (Perciformes, Siganidae) on coral reefs, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1608.
  • Fox, R.J. and D.R. Bellwood (2012). Niche partitioning of feeding microhabitats produces a unique function for herbivorous rabbitfishes (Perciformes, Siganidae) on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-012-0945-5. LIRS catalog number 1581.
  • Grutter, A.S. (1997). Effect of the removal of cleaner fish on the abundance and species composition of reef fish, Oecologia, 111: 137-143. LIRS catalog number 504.
  • Gust, N. (2000). Multi-scale variability in the demographics and life histories of scarid fishes on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 640.
  • Gust, N. (2002). Scarid biomass on the northern Great Barrier Reef: the influence of exposure, depth and substrata, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 64: 353-366. LIRS catalog number 821.
  • Gust, N. (2004). Variation in the population biology of protogynous coral reef fishes over tens of kilometres, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 61: 205-218. LIRS catalog number 892.
  • Gust, N., J.H. Choat and M.I. McCormick (2001). Spatial variability in reef fish distribution, abundance, size and biomass: a multi-scale analysis, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 214: 237-251. LIRS catalog number 684.
  • Hemingson, C.R. and D.R. Bellwood (2020). Greater multihabitat use in Caribbean fishes when compared to their Great Barrier Reef counterparts. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 239: 106748. LIRS catalog number 2418.
  • Hoey, A.S. (2010). The ecosystem role of macroalgal browsing fishes on coral reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1415.
  • Hoey, A.S. and D.R. Bellwood (2008). Cross-shelf variation in the role of parrotfishes on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, 27: 37-47. LIRS catalog number 1046.
  • Khan, J.A., J.Q. Welsh and D.R. Bellwood (2016). Using passive acoustic telemetry to infer mortality events in adult herbivorous coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, Coral Reefs doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1387-7. LIRS catalog number 1956.
  • Klanten, S.O. (1998). Does morphology predict ecology in coral reef fishes? Honours thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 625.
  • 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.
  • Lou, D.C. (1992). Age specific patterns of growth and reproduction in tropical herbivorous fishes, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 534.
  • Lou, D.C. (1993). Growth in juvenile Scarus rivulatus and Ctenochaetus binotatus: a comparison of families Scaridae and Acanthuridae, Journal of Fish Biology, 42: 15-23. LIRS catalog number 380.
  • Nash, K.L., N.A.J. Graham and D.R. Bellwood (2013). Fish foraging patterns, vulnerability to fishing, and implications for the management of ecosystem function across scales. Ecological Applications, 23: 1632-1644. LIRS catalog number 1734.
  • Nicholson, G.M. and K.D. Clements (2020). Resolving resource partitioning in parrotfishes (Scarini) using microhistology of feeding substrata. Coral Reefs, 39. LIRS catalog number 2396.
  • Olafson, R.W. (1978). Effect of agricultural activity on levels of organochlorine pesticides in hard corals, fish and molluscs from the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Environmental Research, 1: 87-107. LIRS catalog number 32.
  • 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.
  • Richardson, L.E., N.A.J. Graham and A.S. Hoey (2020). Coral species composition drives key ecosystem function on coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1921): 20192214. LIRS catalog number 2389.
  • Smit, N.J., A.S. Grutter, R.D. Adlard and A.J. Davies (2006). Hematozoa of teleosts from Lizard Island, Australia, with some comments on their possible mode of transmission and the description of a new hemogregarine species, Journal of Parasitology, 92: 778-788. LIRS catalog number 991.
  • Smith, L.L., J.L. Fessler, M.E. Alfaro, J.T. Streelman and M.W. Westneat (2008). Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49: 136-152. LIRS catalog number 1209.
  • Streit, R.P., G.S. Cumming and D.R. Bellwood (2019). Patchy delivery of functions undermines functional redundancy in a high diversity system. Functional Ecology, 33: 1144-1155. LIRS catalog number 2303.
  • Tebbett, S.B., C.H.R. Goatley and D.R. Bellwood (2017). The effects of algal turf sediments and organic loads on feeding by coral reef surgeonfishes. PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169479. LIRS catalog number 2073.
  • Wee, N. Q.-X., T.H. Cribb, S.C. Cutmore and S.B. Martin (2020). Retroporomonorchis pansho n. g., n. sp., an unusual monorchiid trematode exploiting an atypical host. Systematic Parasitology, 97: 441-454. LIRS catalog number 1466.
  • Welsh, J.Q. (2014). Spatial ecology of coral reef fishes, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1846.