Researcher biography
My research examines human impacts on the evolution of coral reef fishes. The ultimate goal is to characterise and mitigate threats to marine biodiversity and fisheries resources.
This research covers a range of scales from global studies on macroecology, phylogeography and biogeography through to long-term monitoring of population changes and studies of life history traits, behaviour, sensory systems and stress responses of individuals. To conduct this research requires a combination of fieldwork, aquarium experiments, and laboratory analyses. Although this research spans a range of organisms, the main study group is anemonefishes (clownfishes).
Book Chapter
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., van Herwerden, Lynne, Pratchett, Morgan S. and Allen, Gerald R. (2014). Hybridisation among Butterflyfishes. Biology of Butterflyfishes. (pp. 48-69) edited by Morgan S. Pratchett, Michael L. Berumen and B.G. Kapoor. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b15458-5
Journal Articles
Huggett, Megan J., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Vitelli, Federico, Stat, Michael, Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Bunce, Michael and DiBattista, Joseph D. (2023). Gut microbial communities of hybridising pygmy angelfishes reflect species boundaries. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 542, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04919-7
Pratchett, Morgan S., Caballes, Ciemon F., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., DiBattista, Joseph D., Bergseth, Brock, Waldie, Peter, Champion, Curtis, Mc Cormack, Samuel P. and Hoey, Andrew S. (2023). Variation in the physiological condition of common coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) unrelated to coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Fishes, 8 (10) 497, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/fishes8100497
Cannon, Sara E., Donner, Simon D., Liu, Angela, González Espinosa, Pedro C., Baird, Andrew H., Baum, Julia K., Bauman, Andrew G., Beger, Maria, Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Birt, Matthew J., Chancerelle, Yannick, Cinner, Joshua E., Crane, Nicole L., Denis, Vianney, Depczynski, Martial, Fadli, Nur, Fenner, Douglas, Fulton, Christopher J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Guest, James, Harrison, Hugo B., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Hoey, Andrew S., Holmes, Thomas H., Houk, Peter, Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser A., Jompa, Jamaluddin, Kuo, Chao-Yang ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2023). Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs. Global Change Biology, 29 (12), 3318-3330. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16694
Keith, S. A., Hobbs, J.-P. A., Boström-Einarsson, L., Hartley, I. R. and Sanders, N. J. (2023). Rapid resource depletion on coral reefs disrupts competitor recognition processes among butterflyfish species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290 (1990) 20222158, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2158
DiBattista, Joseph D., Fowler, Ashley M., Riley, Indiana J., Reader, Sally, Hay, Amanda, Parkinson, Kerryn and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2022). The use of environmental DNA to monitor impacted coastal estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 181 113860, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113860
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Richards, Zoe T., Popovic, Iva, Lei, Chuan, Staeudle, Timo M., Montanari, Stefano R. and DiBattista, Joseph D. (2021). Hybridisation and the evolution of coral reef biodiversity. Coral Reefs, 41 (3), 535-549. doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02193-9
Lowe, Jake R., Payet, Samuel D., Harrison, Hugo B., Hobbs, Jean‐Paul A., Hoey, Andrew S., Taylor, Brett M., Sinclair‐Taylor, Tane H. and Pratchett, Morgan S. (2021). Regional versus latitudinal variation in the life‐history traits and demographic rates of a reef fish, Centropyge bispinosa, in the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology, 99 (5) jfb.14865, 1602-1612. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14865
DiBattista, Joseph D., Taylor, Brett M., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Coker, Darren J., Trip, Elizabeth D. L., Choat, J. Howard, Lozano-Cortés, Diego, Kandler, Nora M. and Berumen, Michael L. (2021). Growth patterns of specialized reef fishes distributed across the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104 (8), 967-976. doi: 10.1007/s10641-021-01129-0
Steinberg, Rosemary K., van der Meer, Martin H., Pratchett, Morgan S., van Herwerden, Lynne and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2020). Keep your friends close and your anemones closer – ecology of the endemic wideband anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103 (12), 1513-1526. doi: 10.1007/s10641-020-01035-x
Gainsford, Ashton, Jones, Geoffrey P., Hobbs, Jean‐Paul A., Heindler, Franz Maximilian and Herwerden, Lynne (2020). Species integrity, introgression, and genetic variation across a coral reef fish hybrid zone. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (21) ece3.6769, 11998-12014. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6769
Tea, Yi-Kai, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Vitelli, Federico, DiBattista, Joseph D., Ho, Simon Y. W. and Lo, Nathan (2020). Angels in disguise: sympatric hybridization in the marine angelfishes is widespread and occurs between deeply divergent lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287 (1932) 20201459, 20201459. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1459
DiBattista, Joseph D., Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, Piatek, Marek J., Cagua, Edgar Fernando, Bowen, Brian W., Choat, John Howard, Rocha, Luiz A., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., McIlwain, Jennifer H., Priest, Mark A., Braun, Camrin D., Hussey, Nigel E., Kessel, Steven T. and Berumen, Michael L. (2020). Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (10), 4314-4330. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6199
Salas, Eva, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Bernal, Moisés A., Simison, W. Brian, Berumen, Michael L., Bernardi, Giacomo and Rocha, Luiz A. (2020). Distinct patterns of hybridization across a suture zone in a coral reef fish (Dascyllus trimaculatus). Ecology and Evolution, 10 (6) ece3.6068, 2813-2837. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6068
Emms, Madeleine A., Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, Giles, Emily C., Gatins, Remy, Nanninga, Gerrit B., Scott, Anna, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Frisch, Ashley J., Mills, Suzanne C., Beldade, Ricardo and Berumen, Michael L. (2020). Comparative phylogeography of three host sea anemones in the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Biogeography, 47 (2), 487-500. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13775
De Brauwer, Maarten, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Jompa, Jamaluddin (2020). Widespread low abundance despite habitat availability elevates extinction risk in pygmy seahorses. Coral Reefs, 39 (4), 847-852. doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-01913-x
Vitelli, Federico, Hyndes, Glenn A., Saunders, Benjamin J., Blake, David, Newman, Stephen J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2019). Do ecological traits of low abundance and niche overlap promote hybridisation among coral-reef angelfishes?. Coral Reefs, 38 (5), 931-943. doi: 10.1007/s00338-019-01816-6
Frisch, Ashley J., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Hansen, Scott T., Williamson, David H., Bonin, Mary C., Jones, Geoffrey P. and Rizzari, Justin R. (2019). Recovery potential of mutualistic anemone and anemonefish populations. Fisheries Research, 218, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.018
Gilmour, James P., Cook, Kylie L., Ryan, Nicole M., Puotinen, Marjetta L., Green, Rebecca H., Shedrawi, George, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Thomson, Damian P., Babcock, Russell C., Buckee, Joanna, Foster, Taryn, Richards, Zoe T., Wilson, Shaun K., Barnes, Peter B., Coutts, Teresa B., Radford, Ben T., Piggott, Camilla H., Depczynski, Martial, Evans, Scott N., Schoepf, Verena, Evans, Richard D., Halford, Andrew R., Nutt, Christopher D., Bancroft, Kevin P., Heyward, Andrew J. and Oades, Daniel (2019). The state of Western Australia’s coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 38 (4), 651-667. doi: 10.1007/s00338-019-01795-8
Darling, Emily S., McClanahan, Tim R., Maina, Joseph, Gurney, Georgina G., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser, Cinner, Joshua E., Mora, Camilo, Hicks, Christina C., Maire, Eva, Puotinen, Marji, Skirving, William J., Adjeroud, Mehdi, Ahmadia, Gabby, Arthur, Rohan, Bauman, Andrew G., Beger, Maria, Berumen, Michael L., Bigot, Lionel, Bouwmeester, Jessica, Brenier, Ambroise, Bridge, Tom C. L., Brown, Eric, Campbell, Stuart J., Cannon, Sara, Cauvin, Bruce, Chen, Chaolun Allen, Claudet, Joachim, Denis, Vianney ... Mouillot, David (2019). Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (9), 1341-1350. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0953-8
He, Song, Robitzch, Vanessa, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Travers, Michael J., Lozano-Cortés, Diego, Berumen, Michael L. and DiBattista, Joseph D. (2019). An examination of introgression and incomplete lineage sorting among three closely related species of chocolate-dipped damselfish (genus: Chromis). Ecology and Evolution, 9 (9), 5468-5478. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5142
DiBattista, Joseph D., Alfaro, Michael E., Sorenson, Laurie, Choat, John H., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Rocha, Luiz A., Chang, Jonathan, Luiz, Osmar J., Cowman, Peter F., Friedman, Matt and Berumen, Michael L. (2018). Ice ages and butterflyfishes: phylogenomics elucidates the ecological and evolutionary history of reef fishes in an endemism hotspot. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (22), 10989-11008. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4566
Keith, Sally A., Baird, Andrew H., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Woolsey, Erika S., Hoey, Andrew S., Fadli, N. and Sanders, Nathan J. (2018). Synchronous behavioural shifts in reef fishes linked to mass coral bleaching. Nature Climate Change, 8 (11), 986-991. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0314-7
Wenger, Amelia S., Rawson, Christopher A., Wilson, Shaun, Newman, Stephen J., Travers, Michael J., Atkinson, Scott, Browne, Nicola, Clarke, Douglas, Depczynski, Martial, Erftemeijer, Paul L. A., Evans, Richard D., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., McIlwain, Jennifer L., McLean, Dianne L., Saunders, Benjamin J. and Harvey, Euan (2018). Management strategies to minimize the dredging impacts of coastal development on fish and fisheries. Conservation Letters, 11 (5) e12572, e12572. doi: 10.1111/conl.12572
Bennett, Scott, Halford, Andrew R., Choat, J. Howard, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Santana-Garcon, Julia, Ayling, Anthony M., Harvey, Euan S. and Newman, Stephen J. (2018). Geography and island geomorphology shape fish assemblage structure on isolated coral reef systems. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (12), 6242-6252. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4136
Cure, Katherine, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Langlois, Tim J., Fairclough, David V., Thillainath, Emma C. and Harvey, Euan S. (2018). Spatiotemporal patterns of abundance and ecological requirements of a labrid's juveniles reveal conditions for establishment success and range shift capacity. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 500, 34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2017.12.006
Hobbs, J. P.A., DiBattista, J. D. and Sinclair-Taylor, T. H. (2018). Breakdown in assortative mating leads to hybrid swarm in pygmy angelfishes. Coral Reefs, 37 (1), 155-155. doi: 10.1007/s00338-017-1643-0
Zinke, Jens, Gilmour, James P., Fisher, Rebecca, Puotinen, Marji, Maina, Joseph, Darling, Emily, Stat, Michael, Richards, Zoe T., Mcclanahan, Timothy R., Beger, Maria, Moore, Cordelia, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Feng, Ming, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Evans, Scott N., Field, Stuart, Shedrawi, George, Babcock, Russ C. and Wilson, Shaun K. (2018). Gradients of disturbance and environmental conditions shape coral community structure for south-eastern Indian Ocean reefs. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (5), 605-620. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12714
Hughes, Terry P., Anderson, Kristen D., Connolly, Sean R., Heron, Scott F., Kerry, James T., Lough, Janice M., Baird, Andrew H., Baum, Julia K., Berumen, Michael L., Bridge, Tom C., Claar, Danielle C., Eakin, C. Mark, Gilmour, James P., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Harrison, Hugo, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Hoey, Andrew S., Hoogenboom, Mia, Lowe, Ryan J., McCulloch, Malcolm T., Pandolfi, John M., Pratchett, Morgan, Schoepf, Verena, Torda, Gergely and Wilson, Shaun K. (2018). Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene. Science, 359 (6371), 80-83. doi: 10.1126/science.aan8048
Green, Madeline E., D'Anastasi, Blanche R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Feldheim, Kevin, McAuley, Rory, Peverell, Stirling, Stapley, Jason, Johnson, Grant, Appleyard, Sharon A., White, William T., Simpfendorfer, Colin A. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2018). Mixed-marker approach suggests maternal philopatry and sex-biased behaviours of narrow sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata. Endangered Species Research, 37, 45-54. doi: 10.3354/esr00912
Cure, Katherine, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Langlois, Timothy J., Abdo, David A., Bennett, Scott and Harvey, Euan S. (2018). Distributional responses to marine heat waves: insights from length frequencies across the geographic range of the endemic reef fish Choerodon rubescens. Marine Biology, 165 (1) 1, 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3259-x
Cure, Katherine, Thomas, Luke, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Fairclough, David V. and Kennington, W. Jason (2017). Genomic signatures of local adaptation reveal source-sink dynamics in a high gene flow fish species. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 8618, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09224-y
DiBattista, Joseph D., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, Piatek, Marek J., Bowen, Brian W., Rocha, Luiz A., Choat, J. Howard, McIlwain, Jennifer H., Priest, Mark A., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H. and Berumen, Michael L. (2017). Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes from the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea reveals two cryptic lineages. Coral Reefs, 36 (2), 625-638. doi: 10.1007/s00338-017-1548-y
DiBattista, Joseph D., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Rocha, Luiz A. and Bowen, Brian W. (2017). Response to delrieu-trottin et al.: Hybrids, color variants and the consistently devilish taxonomy of pygmy angelfishes. Journal of Heredity, 108 (3), 337-339. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esx009
Wenger, Amelia S., Harvey, Euan, Wilson, Shaun, Rawson, Chris, Newman, Stephen J., Clarke, Douglas, Saunders, Benjamin J., Browne, Nicola, Travers, Michael J., Mcilwain, Jennifer L., Erftemeijer, Paul L. A., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Mclean, Dianne, Depczynski, Martial and Evans, Richard D. (2017). A critical analysis of the direct effects of dredging on fish. Fish and Fisheries, 18 (5), 967-985. doi: 10.1111/faf.12218
Hughes, Terry P., Kerry, James T., Alvarez-Noriega, Mariana, Alvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Anderson, Kristen D., Baird, Andrew H., Babcock, Russell C., Beger, Maria, Bellwood, David R., Berkelmans, Ray, Bridge, Tom C., Butler, Ian R., Byrne, Maria, Cantin, Neal E., Comeau, Steeve, Connolly, Sean R., Cumming, Graeme S., Dalton, Steven J., Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Eakin, C. Mark, Figueira, Will F., Gilmour, James P., Harrison, Hugo B., Heron, Scott F., Hoey, Andrew S., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Hoogenboom, Mia O., Kennedy, Emma V., Kuo, Chao-yang ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2017). Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals. Nature, 543 (7645), 373-377. doi: 10.1038/nature21707
Montanari, Stefano R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Pratchett, Morgan S., Bay, Line K. and Van Herwerden, Lynne (2017). Naturally occurring hybrids of coral reef butterflyfishes have similar fitness compared to parental species. PLoS ONE, 12 (3) e0173212, e0173212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173212
Payet, Samuel D., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., DiBattista, Joseph D., Newman, Stephen J., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane, Berumen, Michael L. and McIlwain, Jennifer L. (2016). Hybridisation among groupers (genus Cephalopholis) at the eastern Indian Ocean suture zone: taxonomic and evolutionary implications. Coral Reefs, 35 (4), 1157-1169. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1482-4
Frisch, Ashley J., Cameron, Darren S., Pratchett, Morgan S., Williamson, David H., Williams, Ashley J., Reynolds, Adam D., Hoey, Andrew S., Rizzari, Justin R., Evans, Louisa, Kerrigan, Brigid, Muldoon, Geoffrey, Welch, David J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2016). Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 26 (3), 303-325. doi: 10.1007/s11160-016-9427-0
Frisch, Ashley J., Cameron, Darren S., Pratchett, Morgan S., Williamson, David H., Williams, Ashley J., Reynolds, Adam D., Hoey, Andrew S., Rizzari, Justin R., Evans, Louisa, Kerrigan, Brigid, Muldoon, Geoffrey, Welch, David J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2016). Erratum to: Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper (Rev Fish Biol Fisheries, 10.1007/s11160-016-9427-0). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 26 (3), 327-327. doi: 10.1007/s11160-016-9428-z
DiBattista, Joseph D., Whitney, Jonathan, Craig, Matthew T., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Rocha, Luiz A., Feldheim, Kevin A., Berumen, Michael L. and Bowen, Brian W. (2016). Surgeons and suture zones: hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 101, 203-215. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.036
Frisch, Ashley J., Ireland, Matthew, Rizzari, Justin R., Lönnstedt, Oona M., Magnenat, Katalin A., Mirbach, Christopher E. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2016). Reassessing the trophic role of reef sharks as apex predators on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 35 (2), 459-472. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1415-2
Montanari, Stefano R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Pratchett, Morgan S. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2016). The importance of ecological and behavioural data in studies of hybridisation among marine fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 26 (2), 181-198. doi: 10.1007/s11160-016-9420-7
Waldrop, Ellen, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Randall, John E., Dibattista, Joseph D., Rocha, Luiz A., Kosaki, Randall K., Berumen, Michael L. and Bowen, Brian W. (2016). Phylogeography, population structure and evolution of coral-eating butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae, genus Chaetodon, subgenus Corallochaetodon). Journal of Biogeography, 43 (6), 1116-1129. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12680
Hoey, Andrew, Howells, Emily, Johansen, Jacob, Hobbs, Jean-Paul, Messmer, Vanessa, McCowan, Dominique, Wilson, Shaun and Pratchett, Morgan (2016). Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs. Diversity, 8 (2) 12, 12. doi: 10.3390/d8020012
Camp, Emma F., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., de Brauwer, Maarten, Dumbrell, Alex J. and Smith, David J. (2016). Cohabitation promotes high diversity of clownfishes in the Coral Triangle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283 (1827) 20160277, 20160277. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0277
Richards, Zoe T., Ryan, Nicole M., Harvey, Euan S., Garcia, Rodrigo and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2016). Diversity on the edge: non-linear patterns of coral community structure at an isolated oceanic island. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 546, 61-74. doi: 10.3354/meps11657
Dibattista, Joseph D., Roberts, May B., Bouwmeester, Jessica, Bowen, Brian W., Coker, Darren J., Lozano-Cortés, Diego F., Howard Choat, J., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Khalil, Maha T., Kochzius, Marc, Myers, Robert F., Paulay, Gustav, Robitzch, Vanessa S. N., Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, Salas, Eva, Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Toonen, Robert J., Westneat, Mark W., Williams, Suzanne T. and Berumen, Michael L. (2016). A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (3), 423-439. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12649
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Newman, Stephen J. (2016). Darwin’s atolls revisited: lagoon infilling and closure has ecological consequences to North Keeling Atoll. Marine Biodiversity, 46 (1), 21-22. doi: 10.1007/s12526-015-0345-5
Steinberg, Rosemary, van der Meer, Martin, Walker, Emily, Berumen, Michael L., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2016). Genetic connectivity and self-replenishment of inshore and offshore populations of the endemic anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. Coral Reefs, 35 (3), 959-970. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1420-5
D'Anastasi, B. R., van Herwerden, L., Hobbs, J. A., Simpfendorfer, C. A. and Lukoschek, V. (2016). New range and habitat records for threatened Australian sea snakes raise challenges for conservation. Biological Conservation, 194, 66-70. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.11.032
Frisch, Ashley J., Rizzari, Justin R., Munkres, Katherine P. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2016). Anemonefish depletion reduces survival, growth, reproduction and fishery productivity of mutualistic anemone–anemonefish colonies. Coral Reefs, 35 (2), 375-386. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1401-8
Dibattista, Joseph D., Howard Choat, J., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Lozano-Cortés, Diego F., Myers, Robert F., Paulay, Gustav, Rocha, Luiz A., Toonen, Robert J., Westneat, Mark W. and Berumen, Michael L. (2016). On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (1), 13-30. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12631
Battista, Joseph D., Gaither, Michelle R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Rocha, Luiz A. and Bowen, Brian W. (2016). Angelfishes, paper tigers, and the devilish taxonomy of the Centropyge flavissima complex. Journal of Heredity, 107 (7), 647-653. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw062
Coker, Darren J., Hoey, Andrew S., Wilson, Shaun K., Depczynski, Martial, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Holmes, Thomas H. and Pratchett, Morgan S. (2015). Habitat selectivity and reliance on live corals for Indo-Pacific hawkfishes (family: Cirrhitidae). PLoS One, 10 (11) e0138136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138136
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Frisch, Ashley J., Newman, Stephen J. and Wakefield, Corey B. (2015). Selective impact of disease on coral communities: outbreak of white syndrome causes significant total mortality of acropora plate corals. PLoS ONE, 10 (7) 0132528, e0132528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132528
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Willshaw, Karen (2015). Unusual behavior and habitat use of a solitary male dugong inhabiting coral reefs at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Marine Biodiversity, 46 (1), 31-32. doi: 10.1007/s12526-015-0360-6
Thomas, Luke, Stat, Michael, Kendrick, Gary A. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2015). Severe loss of anemones and anemonefishes from a premier tourist attraction at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Marine Biodiversity, 45 (2), 143-144. doi: 10.1007/s12526-014-0242-3
Dibattista, Joseph D, Rocha, Luiz A, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A, He, Song, Priest, Mark A, Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H, Bowen, Brian W and Berumen, Michael L (2015). When biogeographical provinces collide: Hybridization of reef fishes at the crossroads of marine biogeographical provinces in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (9), 1601-1614. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12526
Richards, Zoe T., Shen, Chuan-Chou, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Wu, Chung-Che, Jiang, Xiuyang and Beardsley, Felicia (2015). New precise dates for the ancient and sacred coral pyramidal tombs of Leluh (Kosrae, Micronesia). Science Advances, 1 (2) e1400060, 1-6. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1400060
Richards, Zoe T. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2015). Hybridisation on coral reefs and the conservation of evolutionary novelty. Current Zoology, 61 (1), 132-145. doi: 10.1093/czoolo/61.1.132
Cure, Katherine, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Harvey, Euan S. (2015). High recruitment associated with increased sea temperatures towards the southern range edge of a Western Australian endemic reef fish Choerodon rubescens (family Labridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98 (4), 1059-1067. doi: 10.1007/s10641-014-0339-3
Ryan, Nicole M., Richards, Zoe T. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2014). Optimal monitoring of coral biodiversity at Christmas Island. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 399-405.
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Newman, Stephen J., Mitsopoulos, Gabby E. A., Travers, Michael J., Skepper, Craig L., Gilligan, Justin J., Allen, Gerald R., Choat, Howard J. and Ayling, Anthony M. (2014). Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2014, 184-202.
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Newman, Stephen J., Mitsopoulos, Gabby E. A., Travers, Michael J., Skepper, Craig L., Gilligan, Justin J., Allen, Gerald R., Choat, Howard J. and Ayling, Anthony M. (2014). Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2014, 203-219.
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Allen, Gerald R. (2014). Hybridisation among coral reef fishes at Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 220-226.
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Coker, Darren J., Green, Peter T., James, David J., Humphreys, William F., McAllan, Ian A. W., Newman, Stephen J., Pratchett, Morgan S., Staeudle, Timo M. and Whiting, Scott D. (2014). An annotated bibliography of the research on marine organisms and environments at Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2014, 419-468.
Richards, Zoe T. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2014). The status of hard coral diversity at Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 376-398.
van der Meer, M. H., Berumen, M. L., Hobbs, J.-P. A. and van Herwerden, L. (2014). Population connectivity and the effectiveness of marine protected areas to protect vulnerable, exploited and endemic coral reef fishes at an endemic hotspot. Coral Reefs, 34 (2), 393-402. doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1242-2
Pratchett, Morgan S., Hoey, Andrew S., Cvitanovic, Christopher, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Fulton, Christopher J. (2014). Abundance, diversity, and feeding behavior of coral reef butterflyfishes at Lord Howe Island. Ecology and Evolution, 4 (18), 3612-3625. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1208
Montanari, Stefano R., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Pratchett, Morgan S., Bay, Line K. and Van Herwerden, Lynne (2014). Does genetic distance between parental species influence outcomes of hybridization among coral reef butterflyfishes?. Molecular Ecology, 23 (11), 2757-2770. doi: 10.1111/mec.12762
Hobbs, J. P. A., Frisch, A. J., Mutz, S. and Ford, B. M. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of teeth and dorsal fin spines for non-lethal age estimation of a tropical reef fish, coral trout Plectropomus leopardus. Journal of Fish Biology, 84 (2), 328-338. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12287
Hobbs, Jean-Paul Adrian (2014). A glaring omission in Australia's marine conservation planning. Marine Policy, 44, 149-151. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.020
Richards, Zoe T. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2014). Predicting coral species richness: the effect of input variables, diversity and scale. PLoS One, 9 (1) e83965. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083965
Hobbs, J.- P. A., Beger, M., De Brauwer, M. and Emslie, M. (2014). Northeastern range extension of the anemone Stichodactyla haddoni to the Marshall Islands represents a new record of host use by the endemic anemonefish Amphiprion tricinctus.. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7 e106, e106-e106. doi: 10.1017/S1755267214001055
Steinberg, Rosemary, van der Meer, Martin, Hobbs, Jean Paul, Berumen, Michael L. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2014). Characterization of 22 microsatellite loci for conservation genetic studies of an endemic anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 7 (1), 95-97. doi: 10.1007/s12686-014-0301-x
Montanari, Stefano R., Gardner, Michael G., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Pratchett, Morgan S., Bay, Line K. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2013). Isolation and characterization of twenty microsatellite markers for the study of hybridization in butterflyfish of the genus Chaetodon. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5 (3), 783-786. doi: 10.1007/s12686-013-9907-7
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2013). Obligate corallivorous filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) switches diet from Acropora to Pocillopora corals following habitat loss. Marine Biodiversity, 43 (3), 175-176. doi: 10.1007/s12526-013-0155-6
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Frisch, Ashley J., Ford, Benjamin M., Thums, Michele, Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo, Furby, Kathryn A. and Berumen, Michael L. (2013). Taxonomic, spatial and temporal patterns of bleaching in anemones inhabited by anemonefishes. PLoS ONE, 8 (8) e70966, e70966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070966
Speed, Conrad W., Babcock, Russ C., Bancroft, Kevin P., Beckley, Lynnath E., Bellchambers, Lynda M., Depczynski, Martial, Field, Stuart N., Friedman, Kim J., Gilmour, James P., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Kobryn, Halina T., Moore, James A. Y., Nutt, Christopher D., Shedrawi, George, Thomson, Damian P. and Wilson, Shaun K. (2013). Dynamic Stability of Coral Reefs on the West Australian Coast. PLoS One, 8 (7) e69863, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069863
van der Meer, Martin H., Horne, John B., Gardner, Michael G., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Pratchett, Morgan and van Herwerden, Lynne (2013). Limited contemporary gene flow and high self-replenishment drives peripheral isolation in an endemic coral reef fish. Ecology and Evolution, 3 (6), 1653-1666. doi: 10.1002/ece3.584
van der Meer, Martin H., Gardner, Michael G., Berumen, Michael L., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2013). Identification of seventeen microsatellite loci for conservation genetic studies of the endemic wrasse Coris bulbifrons. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5 (2), 363-366. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9804-5
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Herwerden, Lynne van, Jerry, Dean R., Jones, Geoffrey P. and Munday, Philip L. (2013). High genetic diversity in geographically remote populations of endemic and widespread coral reef angelfishes (genus: Centropyge). Diversity, 5 (1), 39-50. doi: 10.3390/d5010039
Frisch, Ashley J., Cole, Andrew J., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Rizzari, Justin R. and Munkres, Katherine P. (2012). Effects of spearfishing on reef fish populations in a multi-use conservation area. PLoS ONE, 7 (12) e51938, e51938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051938
van der Meer, Martin H., Gardner, Michael G., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Pratchett, Morgan and van Herwerden, Lynne (2012). Identification of twenty one microsatellite loci for conservation genetic studies of the endemic butterflyfish Chaetodon tricinctus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4 (2), 243-246. doi: 10.1007/s12686-011-9516-2
van der Meer, Martin H., Gardner, Michael G., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Jones, G. P. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2012). Identification of seventeen microsatellite markers for conservation genetic studies of the endemic anemonefish, Amphiprion mccullochi. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4 (2), 247-250. doi: 10.1007/s12686-011-9517-1
Van der Meer, M. H., Jones, G. P., Hobbs, J. P. A. and Van Herwerden, L. (2012). Historic hybridization and introgression between two iconic Australian anemonefish and contemporary patterns of population connectivity. Ecology and Evolution, 2 (7), 1592-1604. doi: 10.1002/ece3.251
van der Meer, Martin H., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Jones, Geoffrey P. and van Herwerden, Lynne (2012). Genetic connectivity among and self-replenishment within island populations of a restricted range subtropical reef fish. PLoS ONE, 7 (11) e49660, e49660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049660
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Macrae, Hisham (2012). Unusual weather and trapped coral spawn lead to fish kill at a remote coral atoll. Coral Reefs, 31 (4). doi: 10.1007/s00338-012-0918-8
Montanari, Stefano R., van Herwerden, Lynne, Pratchett, Morgan S., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Fugedi, Anneli (2012). Reef fish hybridization: lessons learnt from butterflyfishes (genus Chaetodon). Ecology and Evolution, 2 (2), 310-328. doi: 10.1002/ece3.83
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Jones, Geoffrey P., Munday, Philip L., Connolly, Sean R. and Srinivasan, Maya (2012). Biogeography and the structure of coral reef fish communities on isolated islands. Journal of Biogeography, 39 (1), 130-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02576.x
Frisch, Ashley J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2012). Demography, fishery yield and potential management strategies of painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) at Northwest Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63 (5), 387-396. doi: 10.1071/MF11241
Hobbs, J. P. A., Jones, G. P. and Munday, P. L. (2011). Extinction risk in endemic marine fishes. Conservation Biology, 25 (5), 1053-1055. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01698.x
Richards, Z. T. and Hobbs, J. A. (2011). Prehistoric Pacific Island kings entombed in truncated coral pyramids. Coral Reefs, 30 (3), 737-737. doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0780-0
Frisch, Ashley J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2011). Effects of autotomy on long-term survival and growth of painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Biology, 158 (7), 1645-1652. doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1678-7
Hobbs, Jean-Paul Adrian (2010). Poleward range expansion of a tropical coral reef fish ( Centropyge flavissima) to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records, 3 e118 doi: 10.1017/s1755267210000990
Hobbs, J. P. A. and Mcdonald, C. A. (2010). Increased seawater temperature and decreased dissolved oxygen triggers fish kill at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 77 (6), 1219-1229. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02726.x
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Ayling, Anthony M., Choat, J. Howard, Gilligan, Justin J., Mcdonald, Christian A., Neilson, Joseph and Newman, Stephen J. (2010). New records of marine fishes illustrate the biogeographic importance of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 2422 (2422), 63-68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2422.1.6
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Frisch, Ashley J. (2010). Coral disease in the Indian ocean: Taxonomic susceptibility, spatial distribution and the role of host density on the prevalence of white syndrome. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 89 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.3354/dao02181
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Jones, G. P. and Munday, P. L. (2010). Rarity and extinction risk in coral reef angelfishes on isolated islands: interrelationships among abundance, geographic range size and specialisation. Coral Reefs, 29 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00338-009-0580-y
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Frisch, Ashley J., Allen, Gerald R. and Van Herwerden, Lynne (2009). Marine hybrid hotspot at Indo-Pacific biogeographic border. Biology Letters, 5 (2), 258-261. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0561
Hobbs, J. P.A., Frisch, A. J., Hamanaka, T., McDonald, C. A., Gilligan, J. J. and Neilson, J. (2009). Seasonal aggregation of juvenile whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Coral Reefs, 28 (3), 577-577. doi: 10.1007/s00338-009-0491-y
Hobbs, J. P.A. and Salmond, J. K. (2008). Cohabitation of Indian and Pacific Ocean species at Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Coral Reefs, 27 (4), 933-933. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0399-y
Hobbs, J. P.A., Choat, J. H., Robbins, W. D., Ayling, A. M., Van Herwerden, L. and Feary, D. A. (2008). Unique fish assemblages at world's southernmost oceanic coral reefs, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Tasman Sea, Australia. Coral Reefs, 27 (1), 15-15. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0301-3
Frisch, A. J., Baker, R., Hobbs, J. P.A. and Nankervis, L. (2008). A quantitative comparison of recreational spearfishing and linefishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Implications for management of multi-sector coral reef fisheries. Coral Reefs, 27 (1), 85-95. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0293-z
Marie, A. D., Van Herwerden, L., Choat, J. H. and Hobbs, J. P.A. (2007). Hybridization of reef fishes at the Indo-Pacific biogeographic barrier: A case study. Coral Reefs, 26 (4), 841-850. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0273-3
Frisch, Ashley J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2007). Photographic identification based on unique, polymorphic colour patterns: A novel method for tracking a marine crustacean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 351 (1-2), 294-299. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.07.008
Frisch, Ashley J., Ulstrup, Karin E. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2007). The effects of clove oil on coral: An experimental evaluation using Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 345 (2), 101-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.02.004
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Frisch, A. J., Hender, J. and Gilligan, J. J. (2007). New records of Angelfishes (Pomacanthidae) and butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 90 (2), 107-109.
Nilsson, G. E., Hobbs, J. P.A., Östlund-Nilsson, S. and Munday, P. L. (2007). Hypoxia tolerance and air-breathing ability correlate with habitat preference in coral-dwelling fishes. Coral Reefs, 26 (2), 241-248. doi: 10.1007/s00338-006-0167-9
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Frisch, Ashley J., Hender, Jay and Gilligan, Justin J. (2007). Long-Distance Oceanic Movement of a Solitary Dugong (Dugong dugon) to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Aquatic Mammals, 33 (2), 175-178. doi: 10.1578/am.33.2.2007.175
Nilsson, Göran E., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Östlund-Nilsson, Sara (2007). Tribute to P. L. Lutz: Respiratory ecophysiology of coral-reef teleosts. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210 (10), 1673-1686. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02718
Frisch, Ashley J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2007). In vitro hybridization of coral trouts, Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) and Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790): A preliminary investigation. Aquaculture Research, 38 (2), 215-218. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01659.x
Frisch, Ashley J. and Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2006). Long-term retention of internal elastomer tags in a wild population of painted crayfish (Panulirus versicolor [Latreille]) on the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 339 (1), 104-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.07.016
Kroon, Frederieke J., Munday, Philip L., Westcott, David A., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. and Liley, N. Robin (2005). Aromatase pathway mediates sex change in each direction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272 (1570), 1399-1405. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3097
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Munday, Philip L. and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2004). Social induction of maturation and sex determination in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271 (1553), 2109-2114. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2845
Hobbs, J. P.A. and Munday, P. L. (2004). Intraspecific competition controls spatial distribution and social organisation of the coral-dwelling goby Gobiodon histrio. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 278, 253-259. doi: 10.3354/meps278253
Nilsson, Göran E., Hobbs, Jean-Paul, Munday, Philip L. and Östlund-Nilsson, Sara (2004). Coward or braveheart: extreme habitat fidelity through hypoxia tolerance in a coral-dwelling goby. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00713