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  1. Miller, J.M., W. Watson and J.M. Leis. 1973. Larval Fishes. Section VII-C: pp 101-105 in S.V. Smith, K.E.Chave and D.T. O. Kam (eds.) Atlas of Kaneohe Bay: a reef ecosystem under stress. Univ. Hawaii Sea Grant Program Technical Report 72-01.
  2. Watson, W. and J. M. Leis. 1974. Ichthyoplankton of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii: a one-year study of fish eggs and larvae. Univ. Hawaii Sea Grant Program Technical Report 75-01: 178 pp.
  3. Leis, J.M. and J.M. Miller. 1976. Offshore distributional patterns of Hawaiian fish larvae. Marine Biology 36(3): 359-367.
  4. Leis, J. M. 1977. Development of the eggs and larvae of the slender mola, Ranzania laevis (Pisces, Molidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 27(3): 448-466.
  5. Leis, J.M. 1978. Systematics and zoogeography of the porcupine-fishes (Diodon, Diodontidae, Tetraodontiformes) with comments on egg and larval development. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 76(3): 535-567.
  6. Miller, J.M., W. Watson and J.M. Leis. 1979. An atlas of common nearshore marine fish larvae of the Hawaiian Islands. Univ. Hawaii Sea Grant Program Miscellaneous Report 80-02: 179 pp.
  7. Leis, J.M. 1981. Family Diodontidae. in FAO species identification sheets for fisheries purposes: the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO, Rome.
  8. Leis, J.M. 1982a. Hawaiian creediid fishes (Crystallodytes cookei and Limnichthys donaldsoni): development of eggs and larvae and use of pelagic eggs to trace coastal water movement. Bulletin of Marine Science 32(1): 166-180.
  9. Leis, J.M. 1982b. Distribution of fish larvae around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef: coral reef lagoon as refuge? Proceedings 4th International Coral Reef Symposium (Manila) Vol 2: 471-477.
  10. Leis, J.M. 1982c. Nearshore distributional gradients of larval fish (15 taxa) and planktonic crustaceans (6 taxa) in Hawaii. Marine Biology 72(1): 89-97.
  11. Leis, J.M. and J.E. Randall. 1982. Chilomycterus spilostylus, a new species of Indo-Pacific burrfish (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Diodontidae). Records of the Australian Museum 34(3): 363-371 and colour plate.
  12. Leis, J.M. 1983. Coral reef fish larvae (Labridae) in the East Pacific Barrier. Copeia 1983(3): 826-828.
  13. Leis, J.M. and B. Goldman. 1983. Studies on the biology of larval fishes in the Lizard Island area, Northern Great Barrier Reef. p 221-225 in J.T. Baker, R.M. Carter, P.W. Sammarco and K.P. Stark (eds.) Proceedings of the Inagural Great Barrier Reef Conference, J. Cook Univ. Press, Townsville.
  14. Leis, J.M. and D.S. Rennis. 1983. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes. New South Wales University Press, Sydney and University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 269pp, 75 plates.
  15. Leis, J.M. and B. Goldman. 1984. A preliminary distributional study of fish larvae near a ribbon reef in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 2(4): 197-203.
  16. Leis, J.M. 1984a. Family Diodontidae. in FAO species identification sheets for fisheries purposes: The Western Indian Ocean. FAO, Rome.
  17. Aboussouan, A. and J.M. Leis. 1984. Balistoidei: Development. p 450-459 in H.G Moser, W.J. Richards, D.M. Cohen, M.P. Fahay, A.W. Kendall and S.L. Richardson (eds.). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Special Publication 1.
  18. Leis, J.M. 1984b. Tetraodontoidei: Development. p 447-450 op. cit.
  19. Leis, J.M. 1984c. Tetraodontiformes: Relationships. p 459-464 op. cit.
  20. Richards, W.J. and J.M. Leis. 1984. Labroidei: Development and Relationships. p 542-547 op. cit.
  21. Leis J.M. and W.J. Richards. 1984. Acanthuroidei: Development and Relationships. p 547-551. op. cit.
  22. Leis, J.M. and M.L. Bauchot. 1984. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Famille des Diodontidae). Bulletin Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4e ser., sect.A, no 3, suppl.: 83-101.
  23. Leis, J.M. 1985. Larval fish dispersal and the East Pacific Barrier. Océanographie Tropicale 19(2): 181-192.
  24. Leis, J.M. and J.T. Moyer. 1985. Development of the eggs, larvae, and pelagic juveniles of three Indo-Pacific ostraciid fishes (Pisces: Tetraodontiformes): Ostracion meleagris, Lactoria fornasini and Lactoria diaphana. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 32(2): 189-202.
  25. Sale, P.F., G.P. Jones, J.H. Choat, J.M. Leis, R.E. Thresher and D.M. Williams. 1985. Current priorities in ecology of coral reef fishes. Search 16(9-12): 270-274.
  26. Leis, J.M. 1985. Review of "The bibliography on the identification of the eggs, larvae and juveniles of the marine shorefishes of Japan". Newsletter of the Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society 6(3): 11-13.
  27. Leis, J.M. 1986a. Larval development of four species of the Indo-Pacific coral trout genus Plectropomus (Pisces: Serranidae: Epinephelinae) with an analysis of the relationships of the genus. Bulletin of Marine Science 38(3): 525-552.
  28. Leis, J.M. 1986b. Vertical and horizontal distribution of fish larvae near coral reefs at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology 90(4): 505-516.
  29. Leis, J.M. 1986c. Ecological requirements of Indo-Pacific larval fishes: a neglected zoogeographic factor. p 759-767 in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi and K. Matsuura (eds). Indo-Pacific fish biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
  30. Leis, J.M. 1986d. Epibenthic schooling by the larvae of the spratellodine clupeid Spratelloides gracilis. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 33(1): 60-62.
  31. Leis, J.M. 1986e. Family Diodontidae. p 903-907 in M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smith's Sea Fishes. McMillian South Africa, Johannesburg.
  32. Leis, J.M. and S. Bullock. 1986. The luminous cardinalfish Siphamia (Pisces, Apogonidae): development of larvae and the luminous organ. p 703-714 in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi and K. Matsuura (eds). Indo-Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
  33. Young, P.C., J.M. Leis and H. Hausfeld. 1986. Seasonal and spatial distribution of fish larvae in waters over the north-west continental shelf of Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 31(3): 209-222.
  34. Frith, C.A., J.M. Leis and B. Goldman. 1986. Currents in the Lizard Island Region of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon and their relevance to potential movements of larvae. Coral Reefs 5(2): 81-92.
  35. Leis, J.M. 1987. Review of the early life history of tropical groupers (Serranidae) and snappers (Lutjanidae) p 189-237. in J.J. Polovina and S. Ralston (eds.). Tropical Snappers and Groupers: Biology and Fisheries Management. Westview Press, Boulder and London.
  36. Leis, J.M. and B. Goldman. 1987. Composition and distribution of larval fish assemblages in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon near Lizard Island, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38(2): 211-223.
  37. Leis, J.M., B. Goldman and S. Ueyanagi. 1987. 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.
  38. Leis, J.M. 1987. Minimum requirements for published descriptions of larval fish development. Australian Ichthyoplankton Newsletter (2): 4-5.
  39. Leis, J.M. 1987. Larval fishes. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Reef Notes. 4 pp.
  40. Leis, J.M. 1987. Review of "Studies on the oceanic ichthyoplankton in the Western North Pacific", T. Ozawa (ed). Copeia 1987(3): 821-823.
  41. Leis, J.M. 1988. The odd life of larval fishes. Australian Natural History. 22(10): 452-455.
  42. Leis, J.M., B. Goldman and S.E. Reader. 1989. Epibenthic fish larvae in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon near Lizard Island, Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 35(4): 428-433.
  43. Leis, J.M. and T. Trnski. 1989. The larvae of Indo-Pacific shorefishes. New South Wales University Press, Sydney and University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 371pp, 83 plates.
  44. Leis, J.M. 1989. Larval biology of butterflyfishes (Pisces, Chaetodontidae): what do we really know? Environmental Biology of Fishes 25(1-3): 87-100.
  45. Leis, J.M. 1989. Some little-known Chinese ichthyoplankton publications. Australian Ichthyoplankton Newsletter. 4: 3-4.
  46. Leis, J.M. 1990. Review of "An atlas of the early stage fishes in Japan", edited by Muneo Okiyama. Australian Ichthyoplankton Newsletter (6): 2-4.
  47. Leis, J.M. 1991a. Vertical distribution of fish larvae in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon, Australia. Marine Biology 109(1): 157-166.
  48. Leis, J.M. 1991b. The pelagic phase of coral reef fishes: larval biology of coral reef fishes. p183-230 In P.F. Sale (ed.) The ecology fishes on coral reefs. Academic Press, San Diego.
  49. Leis, J.M. and S.E. Reader. 1991. Distributional ecology of larval milkfish, Chanos chanos (Pisces, Chanidae) in the Lizard Island Region. Environmental Biology of Fishes 30(4): 395-405.
  50. Leis, J.M., T. Trnski, R. Galzin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, J.-P. Renon, V. Dufour and M.K. El Moudni. 1991. High concentrations of tuna larvae (Pisces: Scombridae) in near-shore waters of French Polynesia (Society and Tuamotu Islands). Bulletin of Marine Science 48(1): 150-158.
  51. Paxton, J.R. and J.M. Leis. 1991. Comment on the need for stability in fish family-group names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(3):250-251.
  52. Leis, J.M. 1991. Distributional ecology of tuna larvae in near-reef waters in the Coral Sea. p 83-84 In P.J. Ward (ed), East Coast Tuna & Billfish Research and Monitoring Workshop. Bureau of Rural Resources (Canberra) Working Paper WP/17/91. Austrailan Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  53. Leis, J.M. 1992. Summing Up. p 158-165 In D.A. Hancock (ed.), Larval Biology. Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, Hobart, 20 August 1991. Bureau of Rural Resources, Proceedings 15, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  54. Trnski, T. and J.M. Leis. 1992. A beginner's guide to illustrating fish larvae. p 198-202 In D.A. Hancock (ed.), Larval Biology. Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, Hobart, 20 August 1991. Bureau of Rural Resources, Proceedings Series 15. Australian Government Publishing Series, Canberra.
  55. Leis, J.M. 1992. The dilemma of power in environmental research. Australian Natural History: 24(2):72.
  56. Leis, J.M. and J.R. Paxton. 1993. Review of "Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada" by C.R. Robins, R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott. Copeia 1993(1):245-248.
  57. Leis, J.M. 1993. Minimum requirements for published descriptions of larval fish development. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 40(3):393-395.
  58. Leis, J.M., D.F. Hoese and T. Trnski. 1993. Larval development in two genera of the Indo-Pacific gobioid fish family Xenisthmidae: Allomicrodesmus and Xenisthmus. Copeia. 1993(1):186-196.
  59. Leis, J.M. 1993. Larval fish assemblages near Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science. 53(2):362-392.
  60. Choat, J.H., P.J. Doherty, B.A. Kerrigan and J.M. Leis. 1993. A comparison of towed nets, purse seines and light aggregation devices for sampling larvae and pelagic juveniles of coral reef fishes. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 91(2):195-209. [N.B. order of authorship alphabetical].
  61. Leis, J.M. 1994. Coral Sea atoll lagoons - closed nurseries for the larvae of a few coral reef fishes. Bulletin of Marine Science. 54(1):206-227.
  62. Leis, J.M. and K. Lee. 1994. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Etelinae (Pisces): The genera Aphareus, Aprion, Etelis and Pristipomoides. Bulletin of Marine Science. 55(1):46-125.
  63. Leis, J.M. 1994. Larvae, adults and relationships of the monotypic perciform fish family Lactariidae. Records of the Australian Museum. 46(2):131-144.
  64. Richards, W.J., K.C. Lindeman, J. L.-Schultz, J.M. Leis, A. Röpke, M.E. Clarke, B.H. Comyns. 1994. Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life history stages of lutjanid fishes of the western central Atlantic. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-345. 49pp.
  65. Trnski, T, D J Bray, J M Leis, M A McGrouther and S E Reader (1994). Survey of Fishes of Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland in: Commonwealth Commission of Inquiry, Shoalwater Bay, Capricornia Coast, Queensland, Research Report no. 5, Vol. A, pp 235-281.
  66. Leis, J.M. and D.J. Bray. 1995. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Paradicichthyinae (Pisces): The genera Symphorus and Symphorichthys. Bulletin of Marine Science. 56(2):418-433.
  67. Reader, S.E. and J.M. Leis. 1996. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Caesioninae (Pisces): The genera Caesio, Gymnocaesio, Pterocaesio and Dipterygonotus. Bulletin of Marine Science. 59(2):310-369.
  68. Leis, J.M., H.P.A. Sweatman and S.E. Reader. 1996. What the pelagic stages of coral reef fishes are doing out in blue water: daytime field observations of larval behavioural capabilities. Marine and Freshwater Research. 47(2):401-411.
  69. Leis, J.M., J.E. Olney and M. Okiyama (editors). 1997. Proceedings of the Symposium "Fish larvae and systematics: ontogeny and relationships" of the International Larval Fish Conference, held in Sydney, June 1995. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(1):1-212.
  70. Leis, J.M. and C.D. van der Lingen. 1997. Larval development and relationships of the galjoen fishes of southern Africa (Perciformes: Dichistiidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 60(1):100-116.
  71. Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart. 1997. In situ swimming speeds of the late larvae of some Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 159( ):165-174.
  72. Leis, J.M., J.E. Olney and M. Okiyama. 1997. Introduction to the Proceedings of the Symposium on Fish Larvae and Systematics: Ontogeny and Relationships. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(1):1-6.
  73. Leis, J.M. 1997. Review of "The Early Stages of Fishes in the California Current Region, CalCOFI Atlas 33", edited by H.G. Moser. 1505 pp. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(1):213-214.
  74. Leis, J.M. 1998. Review of "Reef Fisheries" by NVC Polunin and CM Roberts. Ichthyological Research 44(4):429-430.
  75. Leis, J.M., D.J. Bray, S. Bullock and K. Lee. 1998. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Apsilinae (Pisces): The genus Paracaesio. Bulletin of Marine Science 62(1):697-742.
  76. Leis, J.M., T. Trnski, P.J. Doherty and V. Dufour. 1998. Replenishment of fish populations in the enclosed lagoon of Taiaro Atoll: evidence from eggs and larvae. Coral Reefs 17(1):1-8.
  77. Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart. 1998. Complex behaviour by coral-reef fish larvae in open-water and near-reef pelagic environments. Environmental Biology of Fishes 53(3):259-266.
  78. Leis, J.M. and I.C. Stobutzki. 1999. Swimming performance of late pelagic larvae of coral-reef fishes: in situ and laboratory-based measurements. pp 575-583 In: (Séret B. & J.-Y. Sire, eds), Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Nouméa, 1997. Société Française d'Ichtyologie & Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris
  79. Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart. 1999. 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. (download pdf 226k)
  80. Leis, J.M. and T. Trnski. 1999. Larval development of the Indo-Pacific perciform fish, Centrogenys vaigiensis (Pisces: Centrogeniidae). Ichthyological Research 46(4): 413-418.
  81. Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart. (editors). 2000. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes. An identification guide to marine fish larvae. (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks 2). E.J. Brill, Leiden. 870 pp. Order from the publisher at www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub1.htm.
  82. Beckley, L.E. & J.M. Leis. 2000. The occurrence of tuna and mackerel larvae (Family: Scombridae) off the east coast of South Africa. Marine and Freshwater Research. 51:777-782. (download pdf 1064k)
  83. Leis, J.M. 2000. Family Lactariidae. p2649 in KE Carpenter and VH Niem (eds) The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol 4. FAO, Rome.
  84. Leis, J.M. & B.M. Carson-Ewart. 2001. Behaviour of pelagic larvae of four coral-reef fish species in the ocean and an atoll lagoon. Coral Reefs. 19 (3):247-257. (download pdf 239k)
  85. Leis, J.M. 2001. Family Diodontidae. Pp. 3958-3965 in KE Carpenter and VH Niem (eds) The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. vol 6. FAO, Rome.
  86. Leis, J. M. and M.I. McCormick. 2002. The biology, behaviour and ecology of the pelagic, larval stage of coral-reef fishes. P171-199 in P.F. Sale, (ed). Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and diversity in a complex ecosystem. Academic Press, San Diego.
  87. Leis, JM, T. Trnski, and L.E. Beckley. 2002. Larval development of Pagellus natalensis and what larval morphology indicates about relationships in the perciform fish family Sparidae. Marine and Freshwater Research. 53: 367-376. (download pdf 1084k)
  88. Leis, J.M., B.M. Carson-Ewart, and J. Webley. 2002. Settlement behaviour of coral-reef fish larvae at subsurface artificial-reef moorings. Marine and Freshwater Research. 53: 319-327. (download pdf 531k)
  89. Leis, J.M., B.M. Carson-Ewart and D.H. Cato. 2002. Sound detection in situ by the larvae of a coral-reef damselfish (Pomacentridae). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 232: 259-268. (download pdf 266k)
  90. Kingsford, M.J., J.M. Leis, A. Shanks, K. Lindeman, S. Morgan and J. Pineda. 2002. Sensory environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment. Bulletin of Marine Science. 70 (1 Supplement): 309-340. (download pdf 234k)
  91. Sponaugle, S., R.K. Cowen, A. Shanks, S.G. Morgan, J.M. Leis, J. Pineda, G.W. Boehlert, M.J. Kingsford, K. Lindeman, C. Grimes and J.L. Munro. 2002. Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates. Bulletin of Marine Science. 70 (1, Supplement): 341-375. (download pdf 174k)
  92. Leis, J.M. 2002 Pacific coral-reef fishes: the implications of behaviour and ecology of larvae for biodiversity and conservation, and a reassessment of the open population paradigm. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 65 (2): 199-208. (download pdf 73k)
  93. Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart. 2002. In situ settlement behaviour of damselfish larvae (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Journal of Fish Biology. 61(2):325-346. (download pdf 223k)
  94. Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart. 2003. Orientation of pelagic larvae of coral-reef fishes in the ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 252: 239-253. (download pdf 473k)
  95. Leis, J.M., B.M. Carson-Ewart, A.C. Hay and D.H. Cato. 2003. 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. (download pdf 208k)
  96. Leis, J.M. 2003. Family Diodontidae. Pp. 2007-2013 in K.E. Carpenter (ed) The living marine resources of the western Central Atlantic. vol 3. FAO, Rome. (download pdf 789k)
  97. Leis, J.M. 2003. What does larval fish biology tell us about the design and efficacy of marine protected areas? Pp 170-180 in: J.P. Beumer, A. Grant and D.C. Smith, (eds) Aquatic Protected Areas: What works best and how do we know? Proceedings of the World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas, Cairns, August 2002. Australian Society for Fish Biology, North Beach, WA. (download pdf 1.1mb)
  98. Leis, J.M., T. Trnski, V. Dufour, M. Harmelin-Vivien, J.-P. Renon and R. Galzin. 2003. Local completion of the pelagic larval stage of coastal fishes in coral-reef lagoons of the Society and Tuamotu Islands. Coral Reefs. 22: 271-290. (download pdf 692k)
  99. Leis, J.M. 2004. Vertical distribution behaviour and its spatial variation in late-stage larvae of coral-reef fishes during the day. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 37(2): 65-88. (download pdf 232k)
  100. Leis, J.M. & B.M. Carson-Ewart. (editors). 2004. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes. An identification guide to marine fish larvae. (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks 2). Soft cover edition. E.J. Brill, Leiden. Pp. 870. (download order form pdf 428k)
  101. Leis, J.M. & M.F. Gomon (guest editors). 2004. Thirty-three new species of Australian Fishes. Records of the Australian Museum. 56(2):139-258.
  102. Leis, J.M. & A.C. Hay (2004) Larval development of Achoerodus viridis (Pisces: Labridae), the Australian Eastern Blue Groper. Ichthyological Research. 51(1):46-51. (download pdf 345k)
  103. Leis, J.M., A.C. Hay and A.G. Miskiewicz. 2004. Larval development of the rare Australian aploactinid fish Matsubarichthys inusitatus (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Zoological Studies 43(3): 580-588. (download pdf 260k)
  104. Clark, D.L., J.M. Leis, A.C. Hay and T. Trnski. 2005. Ontogeny of swimming abilities of the larvae of four temperate marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 292: 287–300. (download pdf 163k)
  105. Leis, J.M. 2005. A larva of the eteline lutjanid, Randallichthys filamentosus (Pisces: Perciformes), with comments on phylogenetic implications of larval morphology of basal lutjanids. Zootaxa. 1008: 57-64.
  106. Leis, J.M. and M.M. Lockett. 2005. Localization of reef sounds by settlement-stage larvae of coral-reef fishes (Pomacentridae). Bulletin of Marine Science. 76(3): 715-724.(download pdf 113k)
  107. Leis, J.M. and D.L. Clark. 2005. Feeding greatly enhances endurance swimming of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae (Pomacentridae). Ichthyological Research. 52(2):185-188. (download pdf 225k)
  108. Lindeman, K.C., W.J. Richards, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, D.M. Drass, C.B. Paris, J.M. Leis, M. Lara, and B.H. Comyns. 2005. Lutjanidae: Snappers. in W.J. Richards (ed) Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes. An identification guide for the Western Central Atlantic. 2: 1549-1586. Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton.
  109. Fisher R., Leis J.M., Clark D. and Wilson S.K. 2005. Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations. Marine Biology. 147: 1201-1212. (download pdf 319k)
  110. Wright, K.J., D.M. Higgs, A.J. Belanger and J.M. Leis. 2005. Auditory and olfactory abilities of pre-settlement larvae and post- settlement juveniles of a coral reef damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Marine Biology. 147: 1425-1434. (download pdf 335k)
  111. Leis, J.M. and R. Fisher 2006. Swimming speed of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae measured in the laboratory and in the field: a comparison of critical speed and in situ speed. In: Y. Suzuki, T. Nakamori, M. Hidaka, H. Kayanne, B.E. Casareto, K. Nadaoka, H. Yamano & M. Tsuchiya (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa: 438-445. (download pdf 170k)
  112. Leis, J.M., A.C. Hay and T. Trnski. 2006. In situ ontogeny of behaviour in pelagic larvae of three temperate, marine, demersal fishes. Marine Biology. 148(3): 655-669. (download pdf 496k)
  113. Leis, J.M., A.C. Hay, D.A. Clark, I.-S. Chen and K.-T. Shao. 2006. Behavioral ontogeny in larvae and early juveniles of the Giant Trevally, Caranx ignobilis (Pisces: Carangidae). US Fishery Bulletin. 104(3):401-414. (download pdf 837k)
  114. Leis, J.M. 2006 Are larvae of demersal fishes plankton or nekton? Advances in Marine Biology. 51: 57-141. (download pdf 626k)
  115. Leis, J.M. 2006. A practical rule of thumb for spacing in MPA networks. MPA News. 8(5): 5. (download pdf 101k)
  116. Leis, J.M. 2006. Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae (Pisces, Teleostei). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1):77-90. (download pdf 303k)
  117. Gomon, M.F. and J.M. Leis. (guest editors). 2006. New species of Australian Fishes. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1):1-106. (online) (introduction pdf 90k)
  118. Leis, J.M. 2007. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Lutjaninae (Pisces): the genus Macolor. Records of the Australian Museum. 59(1): 1-8.
  119. Baldwin, C.C. and J.M. Leis. 2007. Rainfordia opercularis , a liopropomin serranid (Teleostei: Serranidae: Epinephelinae: Liopropomini): Corroborative evidence from settlement-stage larvae. Ichthyological Research. 54: 193-197.
  120. Leis, J.M. 2007. Behaviour as an input for modelling dispersal of fish larvae: behaviour, biogeography, hydrodynamics, ontogeny, physiology and phylogeny meet hydrography. Marine Ecology Progress Series .347: 185-193.
  121. Leis, J.M., K.J. Wright, and R.N. Johnson. 2007. Behaviour that influences dispersal and connectivity in the small, young larvae of a reef fish. Marine Biology . 153(1): 103-117
  122. Leis, J. M., Hay, A. C., Lockett, M. M., Chen, J.-P., and Fang, L.-S. 2007. Ontogeny of swimming speed in larvae of pelagic-spawning, tropical, marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 349: 257-269.
  123. Murphy, B.F., J.M. Leis and K.D. Kavanagh. (2007). Larval development of the Ambon damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis) with a summary of pomacentrid development. Journal of Fish Biology 71 (2): 569-584.
  124. Leis, J. M. 2008. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Lutjanidae: the Indo-Pacific genus Pinjalo. Zootaxa. 1760:37-49.

Online publications:

  1. Leis, J.M. & A.C. Hay. 2004. Labridae Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) Eastern Blue Groper. Australian Museum Larval Fishes Website, http://www.amonline.net.au/larval_fishes/descriptions/achoerodus-viridis.htm.
  2. Hay, A.C. J.M. Leis & A.G. Miskiewicz 2004. Aulopidae Hime purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843) Sergeant Baker. Australian Museum Larval Fishes Website,
    http://www.amonline.net.au/larval_fishes/descriptions/hime-purpurissatus.htm.
  3. Hay, A.C., J.M. Leis & A.G. Miskiewicz. 2004. Aulopidae Hime curtirostris (Thomson, 1967) Short Snout Aulopus. Australian Museum Larval Fishes Website,
    http://www.amonline.net.au/larval_fishes/descriptions/hime-curtirostris.htm.
  4. Hay, A.C. Leis, J.M. & K.J. Wright. 2004. Early life history database. Australian Museum Larval Fishes Website,
    http://www.amonline.net.au/larval_fishes/database.cfm.
  5. Leis, J.M., A.C. Hay & A.G. Miskiewicz. 2004. Aploactinidae Matsubarichthys inusitatus Poss and Johnson, 1991. Matsubara's Velvetfish. Australian Museum Larval Fishes Website. http://amonline.net.au/larval_fishes/descriptions/matsubarichthys-inusitatus.htm.

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