| Changes in biodiversity and functioning of reef fish assemblages following coral bleaching and coral loss MS Pratchett, AS Hoey, SK Wilson, V Messmer, NAJ Graham Diversity 3 (3), 424-452, 2011 | 143 | 2011 |
| Habitat biodiversity as a determinant of fish community structure on coral reefs V Messmer, GP Jones, PL Munday, SJ Holbrook, RJ Schmitt, AJ Brooks Ecology 92 (12), 2285-2298, 2011 | 115 | 2011 |
| Phylogeography of colour polymorphism in the coral reef fish Pseudochromis fuscus, from Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef V Messmer, L van Herwerden, PL Munday, GP Jones Coral Reefs 24 (3), 392-402, 2005 | 66 | 2005 |
| Increasing ocean temperatures reduce activity patterns of a large commercially important coral reef fish JL Johansen, V Messmer, DJ Coker, AS Hoey, MS Pratchett Global Change Biology 20 (4), 1067-1074, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| Genetic consequences of introducing allopatric lineages of Bluestriped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) to Hawaii MR Gaither, BW Bowen, RJ Toonen, S Planes, V Messmer, J Earle, ... Molecular Ecology 19 (6), 1107-1121, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs AS Hoey, E Howells, JL Johansen, JPA Hobbs, V Messmer, ... Diversity 8 (2), 12, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Larval fish dispersal in a coral-reef seascape GR Almany, S Planes, SR Thorrold, ML Berumen, M Bode, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (6), 1-7, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Global warming may disproportionately affect larger adults in a predatory coral reef fish V Messmer, MS Pratchett, AS Hoey, AJ Tobin, DJ Coker, SJ Cooke, ... Global Change Biology 23 (6), 2230-2240, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
| A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems JE Cinner, MS Pratchett, NAJ Graham, V Messmer, MMPB Fuentes, ... Regional environmental change 16 (4), 1133-1146, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| High gene flow across large geographic scales reduces extinction risk for a highly specialised coral feeding butterflyfish RJ Lawton, V Messmer, MS Pratchett, LK Bay Molecular ecology 20 (17), 3584-3598, 2011 | 39 | 2011 |
| Large predatory coral trout species unlikely to meet increasing energetic demands in a warming ocean JL Johansen, MS Pratchett, V Messmer, DJ Coker, AJ Tobin, AS Hoey Scientific reports 5, 13830, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Thirty years of research on crown-of-thorns starfish (1986–2016): scientific advances and emerging opportunities MS Pratchett, CF Caballes, JC Wilmes, S Matthews, C Mellin, ... Diversity 9 (4), 41, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Reef fishes in biodiversity hotspots are at greatest risk from loss of coral species SJ Holbrook, RJ Schmitt, V Messmer, AJ Brooks, M Srinivasan, ... PloS one 10 (5), 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Refuge-Seeking Impairments Mirror Metabolic Recovery Following Fisheries-Related Stressors in the Spanish Flag Snapper (Lutjanus carponotatus) on the Great … SJ Cooke, V Messmer, AJ Tobin, MS Pratchett, TD Clark Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87 (1), 136-147, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Known predators of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) and their role in mitigating, if not preventing, population outbreaks ZL Cowan, M Pratchett, V Messmer, S Ling diversity 9 (1), 7, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
| Genetic and ecological characterisation of colour dimorphism in a coral reef fish V Messmer, GP Jones, L van Herwerden, PL Munday Environmental Biology of Fishes 74 (2), 175-183, 2005 | 25 | 2005 |
| Concordance between genetic and species diversity in coral reef fishes across the Pacific ocean biodiversity gradient V Messmer, GP Jones, PL Munday, S Planes Evolution 66 (12), 3902-3917, 2012 | 23 | 2012 |
| Rising temperatures may drive fishing-induced selection of low-performance phenotypes TD Clark, V Messmer, AJ Tobin, AS Hoey, MS Pratchett Scientific reports 7 (1), 1-11, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Modelling growth of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish on the Northern Great Barrier Reef J Wilmes, S Matthews, D Schultz, V Messmer, A Hoey, M Pratchett diversity 9 (1), 1, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| Microsatellites reveal genetic homogeneity among outbreak populations of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef HB Harrison, MS Pratchett, V Messmer, P Saenz-Agudelo, ML Berumen Diversity 9 (1), 16, 2017 | 11 | 2017 |
Morgan PratchettProfessor in Marine Ecology, James Cook UniversityEmail confirmado em jcu.edu.au
