Publications Archive Results

Year	Reference
2009	Fisher, R; Leis, J. M. Swimming performance in larval fishes: from escaping predators to the potential for long distance migration. Fish locomotion: an etho-ecological approach 333-373.
2003	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M.. Orientation of pelagic larvae of coral-reef fishes in the ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 252 239-253.
2001	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M.. Behavioural differences in pelagic larvae of four species of coral-reef fishes between two environments: ocean and atoll lagoon. Coral Reefs 19 247-257.
2010	Quéré, G; Leis, J. M. Settlement behaviour of larvae of the Stripey Snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus (Teleostei: Lutjanidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 88 227-238.
1999	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M.. In situ swimming and settlement behaviour of larvae of an Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish, the Coral Trout (Pisces, Serranidae, Plectropomus leopardus). Marine Biology 134 1 51-64.
1998	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M.. Complex behaviour by coral-reef fish larvae in open-water and near-reef pelagic environments. Environmental Biology of Fishes 53 3 259-266.
1997	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M.. In situ swimming speeds of the late larvae of some coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 159 1 165-174.
2002	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M; Cato D.H.. Sound detection in situ by the larvae of a coral-reef damselfish (Pomacentridae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 232 259-268.
1986	Frith C.A; Leis J.M; Goldman B.. Currents in the Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon and their relevance to potential movements of larvae. Coral Reefs 5 81-92.
1998	Bellwood D.R; Leis J.M; I.C. Stobutzki. Fishery and Reef Management. Science 279 2019.
1973	Miller, J.M; W. Watson; Leis J.M.. Larval Fishes. Section VII C. Atlas of Kaneohe Bay: a reef ecosystem under stress 101-105.
1997	Leis J.M; C.D. van der Lingen. Larval development and relationships of the galjoen fishes of southern Africa (Perciformes: Dichistiidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 60 1 100-116.
1987	Leis J.M; B. Goldman; S. Ueyanagi. Distribution and abundance of billfish larvae (Istiophoridae) in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon and Coral Sea near Lizard Island, Australia. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 85 4 757-765.
2004	Leis J.M. and Carson-Ewart B.M.. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: a guide to identification (Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2, 2nd edition). 850.
2000	Leis J.M. and Carson-Ewart B.M.. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: a guide to identification (Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2). 850.
2010	Soars, N. A; Leis, J. M. Larval development of the Common Ponyfish, Leiognathus equulus (Teleostei: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research 57 3 263-271.
1996	Leis J.M; Sweatman, H.P.A; Reader, S.E.. What the pelagic stages of coral reef fishes are doing out in blue water: daytime field observations of larval behaviour. Marine and Freshwater Research 47 2 401-411.
1997	Leis J.M; Olney, J.E; Okiyama, M.. Proceedings of the Symposium . Bulletin of Marine Science 60 1 1-212.
1993	Leis J.M; Hoese D.F; Trnski T.. Larval development in two genera of the Indo-Pacific gobioid fish family Xenisthmidae: Allomicrodesmus and Xenisthmus. Copeia 1993 1 186-196.
2004	Leis J.M; Hay A.C; A.G. Miskiewicz. Larval development of the rare Australian aploactinid fish Matsubarichthys inusitatus (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Zoological Studies 43 3 580-588.
1998	Fautin D; Leis J.M; R.K. Cowen. Larval processes and settlement: session summary. ReeFish 95: Recruitment and population dynamics of coral reef fishes 26-31.
2007	Baldwin, C. C; Leis, J. M. Rainfordia opercularis, a liopropomin serranid (Teleostei: Serranidae: Epinephelinae: Liopropomini): Corroborative evidence from settlement-stage larvae. Ichthyological Research 54 193-197.
2009	Paris, C; Leis, J. M; Irisson, J. O. Biological Processes: Pelagic larval duration. 23-24.
2011	Leis, J. M; Siebeck, U; Dixson, D. L. How Nemo finds home: the neuroecology of marine larval-fish dispersal and population connectivity. Integrative and Comparative Biology 0 18pp.
2002	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M; Webley, J.. Settlement behaviour of coral-reef fish larvae at subsurface artificial-reef moorings. Marine and Freshwater Research 53 319-328.
2009	Leis, J. M; Hay, A. C; Howarth, G. J. Ontogeny of in situ behaviours relevant to dispersal and population connectivity in larvae of coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 379 163-179.
2005	Fisher, R; Leis J.M; Clark D.L; Wilson, S.K.. Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations. Marine Biology 147 5 1201-1212.
2005	Clark D.L; Leis J.M; Hay A.C; Trnski, T.. Swimming ontogeny of larvae of four temperate marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 292 287-300.
1993	Choat, J.H; Doherty, P.J; Kerrigan B.A; Leis J.M.. A comparison of towed nets, purse seine, and light-aggregation devices for sampling larvae and pelagic juveniles of coral reef fishes. US Fishery Bulletin 91 2 195-209.
2005	Wright, K.J; Higgs D.M; Belanger A.J; Leis J.M.. Auditory and olfactory abilities of pre-settlement larvae and post-settlement juveniles of a coral reef damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 147 6 1425-1434.
1998	Leis J.M; Trnski, T; Doherty, P.J; Dufour, V.. Replenishment of fish populations in the enclosed lagoon of Taiaro Atoll: evidence from eggs and larvae. Coral Reefs 17 1 1-8.
1997	Leis J.M; Bullock, S; Bray D.J; Lee, K.. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Apsilinae (Pisces): the genus Paracaesio. Bulletin of Marine Science 61 3 697-742.
2011	Wright, K. J; Higgs, D. M; Leis, J. M. Ontogenetic and interspecific variation in hearing ability in marine fish larvae.. Marine Ecology Progress Series 424 1-13.
2007	Murphy, B. F; Leis, J. M; Kavanagh, K. D. Larval development of the Ambon damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis), with a summary of pomacentrid development.. Journal of Fish Biology 71 2 569–584.
2007	Leis, J. M; Wright, K. J; Johnson, R. N. Behaviour that influences dispersal and connectivity in the small, young larvae a reef fish. Marine Biology 153 1 103-117.
2003	Leis J.M; Carson-Ewart B.M; Hay A.C; Cato D.H.. Coral-reef sounds enable nocturnal navigation by some reef-fish larvae in some places and at some times. Journal of Fish Biology 63 724-737.
2009	Fowler, A. M; Leis, J. M; and Suthers, I. M. On-offshore distribution and abundance of tuna larvae (Pisces: Scombridae: Thunnini) in near-reef waters of the Coral Sea. US Fishery Bulletin 106 4 405-416.
2008	Wright, K. J; Higgs, D. M; Belanger, A. J; Leis, J. M. Auditory and olfactory abilities of larvae of the Indo-Pacific Coral Trout Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède) at settlement.. Journal of Fish Biology 72 10 2543-2556.
2015	Irisson, J-O; Paris, C. B; Leis, J. M; Yerman, M. N. With a Little Help from My Friends: Group Orientation by Larvae of a Coral Reef Fish. PLoS One 10 12 1-14.
2009	Irisson, J-O; Leis, J. M; Paris, C; Browman, H. Biological Processes: Behavior and Settlement. 295 42-60.
2007	Leis J.M; Hay A.C; Lockett, M.M; Chen, J.P; Fang, L.S.. Ontogeny of swimming speed in larvae of pelagic-spawning, tropical, marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 349 257-269.
1994	Trnski, T; D.J. Bray; J.M. Leis; M.A. McGrouther; S.E. Reader. Survey of Fishes of Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. A 235-281.
2015	Leis, J. M; Meyer, O; Hay, A. C; Gaither, M. R. A Coral-reef Fish with Large, Fast, Conspicuous Larvae and Small, Cryptic Adults (Teleostei: Apogonidae).. Copeia 103 78-86.
2010	Wright, K. J; Higgs, D. M; Cato, D. H; Leis, J. M. Auditory sensitivity in settlement-stage larvae of coral-reef fishes. Coral Reefs 29 1 235-243.
2014	Santana-Garcon, J; Leis, J. M; Newman, S. J; Harvey, E. S. Presettlement schooling behaviour of a priacanthid, the Purplespotted BigeyePriacanthus tayenus (Priacanthidae: Teleostei). Environmental Biology of Fishes 97 227-283.
2002	Kingsford, M.J; Leis J.M; Shanks A; Lindeman, K; Morgan, S; Pineda, J.. Sensory environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment. Bulletin of Marine Science 70 Supplement 1 309-340.
2008	Leis, J. M; Piola, R. F; Hay, A. C; Wen, C; Kan, K-P. Ontogeny of behaviour relevant to dispersal and connectivity in larvae of two non-reef demersal, tropical fish species. Marine and Freshwater Research 60 211-223.
2006	Leis J.M; Hay A.C; Clark,D,A; Chen, I-S; Shao, K.-T.. Behavioral ontogeny in larvae and early juveniles of the giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis (Pisces: Carangidae). US Fishery Bulletin 104 3 401-414.
1985	Sale, P.F; Jones G.P; J.H. Choat; Leis J.M; R.E. Thresher; D.M. Williams. Current priorities in ecology of coral reef fishes. Search 16 9-12 270-274.
1994	Richards, W.J; Lindeman, K.C; Schultz, J.-L; Leis J.M; Ropke A; Clarke, M.E; Comyns B.H.. Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life history stages of lutjanid fishes of the western central Atlantic. N/A.

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