Dr JP Hobbs
Dr

JP Hobbs

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Background

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).

Availability

Dr JP Hobbs is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework), James Cook University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University

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129 works between 1958 and 2025
All (129) Journal Article (125) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (3)

41 - 60 of 129 works

2017

Journal Article

Naturally occurring hybrids of coral reef butterflyfishes have similar fitness compared to parental species

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

Naturally occurring hybrids of coral reef butterflyfishes have similar fitness compared to parental species

2016

Journal Article

Hybridisation among groupers (genus Cephalopholis) at the eastern Indian Ocean suture zone: taxonomic and evolutionary implications

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

Hybridisation among groupers (genus Cephalopholis) at the eastern Indian Ocean suture zone: taxonomic and evolutionary implications

2016

Journal Article

Erratum to: Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper (Rev Fish Biol Fisheries, 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

Erratum to: Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper (Rev Fish Biol Fisheries, 10.1007/s11160-016-9427-0)

2016

Journal Article

Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper

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

Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper

2016

Journal Article

Surgeons and suture zones: hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes

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

Surgeons and suture zones: hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes

2016

Journal Article

Reassessing the trophic role of reef sharks as apex predators on coral reefs

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

Reassessing the trophic role of reef sharks as apex predators on coral reefs

2016

Journal Article

The importance of ecological and behavioural data in studies of hybridisation among marine fishes

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

The importance of ecological and behavioural data in studies of hybridisation among marine fishes

2016

Journal Article

Phylogeography, population structure and evolution of coral-eating butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae, genus Chaetodon, subgenus Corallochaetodon)

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

Phylogeography, population structure and evolution of coral-eating butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae, genus Chaetodon, subgenus Corallochaetodon)

2016

Journal Article

Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs

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

Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs

2016

Journal Article

Cohabitation promotes high diversity of clownfishes in the Coral Triangle

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

Cohabitation promotes high diversity of clownfishes in the Coral Triangle

2016

Journal Article

Diversity on the edge: non-linear patterns of coral community structure at an isolated oceanic island

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

Diversity on the edge: non-linear patterns of coral community structure at an isolated oceanic island

2016

Journal Article

Darwin’s atolls revisited: lagoon infilling and closure has ecological consequences to North Keeling Atoll

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

Darwin’s atolls revisited: lagoon infilling and closure has ecological consequences to North Keeling Atoll

2016

Journal Article

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

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

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

2016

Journal Article

Genetic connectivity and self-replenishment of inshore and offshore populations of the endemic anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus

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

Genetic connectivity and self-replenishment of inshore and offshore populations of the endemic anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus

2016

Journal Article

New range and habitat records for threatened Australian sea snakes raise challenges for conservation

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

New range and habitat records for threatened Australian sea snakes raise challenges for conservation

2016

Journal Article

Anemonefish depletion reduces survival, growth, reproduction and fishery productivity of mutualistic anemone–anemonefish colonies

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

Anemonefish depletion reduces survival, growth, reproduction and fishery productivity of mutualistic anemone–anemonefish colonies

2016

Journal Article

On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea

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

On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea

2016

Journal Article

Angelfishes, paper tigers, and the devilish taxonomy of the Centropyge flavissima complex

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

Angelfishes, paper tigers, and the devilish taxonomy of the Centropyge flavissima complex

2015

Journal Article

Habitat selectivity and reliance on live corals for Indo-Pacific hawkfishes (family: Cirrhitidae)

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

Habitat selectivity and reliance on live corals for Indo-Pacific hawkfishes (family: Cirrhitidae)

2015

Journal Article

Selective impact of disease on coral communities: outbreak of white syndrome causes significant total mortality of acropora plate corals

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

Selective impact of disease on coral communities: outbreak of white syndrome causes significant total mortality of acropora plate corals

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2023
    Conserving the evolutionary processes that generate coral reef biodiversity
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant

Availability

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