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Overview

J. Howard Choat is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work largely focuses on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Genetic diversity and population structure, Identification and Quantification in Food, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Recent publications highlight diverse topics and venues. These include:

  • Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial run-off on benthic ecosystems in American Samoa (2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin)
  • Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Declining grouper spawning aggregations in Western Province, Solomon Islands, signal the need for a modified management approach (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) (2022, Integrative Organismal Biology)
  • Larval dispersal and fishing pressure influence recruitment in a coral reef fishery (2021, Journal of Applied Ecology)

Choat has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Michael L. Berumen, Joseph D. DiBattista, Pablo Saenz-Agudelo, Luiz A. Rocha, and J. Hobbs. These collaborations have contributed to a range of studies within marine ecology and associated fields.

Their publications have appeared in notable venues such as Marine Biology, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Integrative Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and PLoS ONE. This distribution underscores the interdisciplinary nature of their work.

Best Publications

  • Limited functional redundancy in high diversity systems: resilience and ecosystem function on coral reefs

    David R. Bellwood;Andrew S. Hoey;J. Howard Choat

  • Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

    Laurence J. McCook;Tony Ayling;Mike Cappo;J. Howard Choat

  • A functional analysis of grazing in parrotfishes (family Scaridae): the ecological implications

    David R. Bellwood;J. Howard Choat

  • Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery

    Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson;Matthew T Craig;Athila A Bertoncini;Kent E Carpenter

  • Ongoing collapse of coral-reef shark populations.

    William D. Robbins;Mizue Hisano;Sean R. Connolly;J. Howard Choat

  • Intestinal microbiota in fishes: what's known and what's not

    Kendall D. Clements;Esther R. Angert;W. Linn Montgomery;J. Howard Choat

  • The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs

    J. Howard Choat;William D. Robbins;Kendall D. Clements

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Detritus in the epilithic algal matrix and its use by coral reef fishes

    Shaun K. Wilson;David R. Bellwood;J. Howard Choat;Miles J. Furnas

  • Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages

    Kendall D. Clements;Donovan P. German;Jacinthe Piché;Aline Tribollet

  • CHAPTER 6 – The Biology of Herbivorous Fishes on Coral Reefs

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  • VERTEBRATE HERBIVORES IN MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS: A Nutritional Ecology Perspective

    J. H. Choat;K. D. Clements

  • Patterns of distribution and abundance of large brown algae and invertebrate herbivores in subtidal regions of northern New Zealand

    J.H. Choat;David R Schiel

  • The relationship between habitat structure and fish faunas on New Zealand reefs

    J.H. Choat;A.M. Ayling

  • Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: ten years on

    Kendall D. Clements;David Raubenheimer;J. Howard Choat

  • Influence of surface slicks on the distribution and onshore movements of small fish

    M. J. Kingsford;J. H. Choat

  • CHAPTER 3 – Age-Based Studies

    J. Howard Choat;D. Ross Robertson

  • Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial run-off on benthic ecosystems in American Samoa

    Mia T. Comeros-Raynal;Jon Brodie;Zoe Bainbridge;John Howard Choat

  • A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

    Joseph D. DiBattista;Joseph D. DiBattista;May B. Roberts;Jessica Bouwmeester;Jessica Bouwmeester;Brian W. Bowen

  • Estimating total abundance of a large temperate-reef fish using visual strip-transects

    M. I. McCormick;J. H. Choat

  • Interactions amongst herbivorous fishes on a coral reef: influence of spatial variation

    J. H. Choat;D. R. Bellwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Kendall David Clements
Kendall David Clements University of Auckland
Joseph D. DiBattista
Joseph D. DiBattista Griffith University
Lynne van Herwerden
Lynne van Herwerden James Cook University
Michelle R. Gaither
Michelle R. Gaither University of Central Florida
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs Curtin University
Brian W. Bowen
Brian W. Bowen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Glenn R. Almany
Glenn R. Almany Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David R. Bellwood
David R. Bellwood James Cook University
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences

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