Empro Howard Choat ~ Emeritus Professor

Research Disciplines

• Evolutionary Biology (0603)
• Ecology (0602)
• Zoology (0608)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)
• Ecosystem Assessment and Management (9605)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Hamilton R, Almany G, Brown C, Pita J, Peterson N and Choat J (2017) Logging degrades nursery habitat for an iconic coral reef fish. Biological Conservation, 210 (Part A). pp. 273-280
• Sinclair-Taylor T, Berumen M, Priest M, Choat J, McIlwain J, Rocha L, Bowen B, Piatek M, Saenz-Agudelo P, DiBattista J, Gaither M and Hobbs J (2017) Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes from the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea reveals two cryptic lineages. Coral Reefs, 36 (2). pp. 625-638
• DiBattista J, Roberts M, Bouwmeester J, Bowen B, Coker D, Lozano-Cortés D, Choat J, Gaither M, Hobbs J, Khalil M, Kochzius M, Myers R, Paulay G, Robitzch V, Saenz-Agudelo P, Salas E, Sinclair-Taylor T, Toonen R, Westneat M, Williams S and Berumen M (2016) A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (3). pp. 423-439
• Dibattista J, Choat J, Gaither M, Hobbs J, Lozano-Cortes D, Myers R, Paulay G, Rocha L, Toonen R, Westneat M and Berumen M (2016) On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (1). pp. 13-30
• Hamilton R, Almany G, Stevens D, Bode M, Pita J, Peterson N and Choat J (2016) Hyperstability masks declines in bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) populations. Coral Reefs, 35 (3). pp. 751-763
• Ma K, Craig M, Choat J and van Herwerden L (2016) The historical biogeography of groupers: clade diversification patterns and processes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100. pp. 21-30
• Trip E, Clements K, Raubenheimer D and Choat J (2016) Temperate marine herbivorous fishes will likely do worse, not better, as waters warm up. Marine Biology, 163. pp. 1-8
• Andrews A, Choat J, Hamilton R and DeMartini E (2015) Refined bomb radiocarbon dating of two iconic fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66 (4). pp. 305-316
• Casey J, Choat J and Connolly S (2015) Coupled dynamics of territorial damselfishes and juvenile corals on the reef crest. Coral Reefs, 34. pp. 1-11
• Taylor B, Lindfield S and Choat J (2015) Hierarchical and scale-dependent effects of fishing pressure and environment on the structure and size distribution of parrotfish communities. Ecography, 38. pp. 520-530
• Casey J, Ainsworth T, Choat J and Connolly S (2014) Farming behaviour of reef fishes increases the prevalence of coral disease associated microbes and the prevalence of black band disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 281 (1788). pp. 1-8
• Clements K, Angert E, Montgomery W and Choat H (2014) Intestinal microbiota in fishes: what's known and what's not. Molecular Ecology, 23 (8). pp. 1891-1898

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 70+ research outputs authored by Empro Howard Choat from 1989 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Dynamics of Coral Reef Fishes at Aggregation Sites Within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Effects of water quality on the ecology of herbivorous parrotfishes and surgeonfishes in American Samoa (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Effects of no-take marine reserve protection on abundance and demography of tropical wrasses (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Patterns and processes of diversification in groupers (family: Epinephelidae) (2014, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Environmental and fishery-induced effects on life histories and assemblages of parrotfishes (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The role of territorial grazers in coral reef trophic dynamics from microbes to apex predators (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Comparative phylogeography of four Indo–Pacific scarine labrids: an insight into the evolutionary patterns of reef fish (2013, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Demographic and reproductive characteristics of the squaretail coralgrouper (Plectropomus areolatus) in Solomon Islands (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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• Casey, J. (2017) Coral metagenome: uncultured bacterium random survey. James Cook University

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