Morais, Juliano, Tebbett, Sterling B., Morais Araujo, Renato A., and Bellwood, David R. (2024) Hot spots of bleaching in massive Porites coral colonies. Marine Environmental Research, 193. 106276.

Morais, Juliano, Tebbett, Sterling B., Morais Araujo, Renato A., and Bellwood, David R. (2024) Natural recovery of corals after severe disturbance. Ecology Letters, 27 (1). e14332.

Bellwood, David R., Brandl, Simon J., Mcwilliam, Mike, Streit, Robert P., Yan, Helen F., and Tebbett, Sterling B. (2024) Studying functions on coral reefs: past perspectives, current conundrums, and future potential. Coral Reefs, 43. pp. 281-297.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Bennett, Scott, and Bellwood, David R. (2024) A functional perspective on the meaning of the term ‘herbivore’: patterns versus processes in coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 43. pp. 219-232.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Bellwood, David R., Bassett, Tahlia, Cuttler, Michael V.W., Moustaka, Molly, Wilson, Shaun K., Yan, Helen F., and Evans, Richard D. (2024) The limited role of herbivorous fishes and turf-based trophic pathways in the functioning of turbid coral reefs. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34 (1). pp. 349-460.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Connolly, Sean R., and Bellwood, David R. (2023) Benthic composition changes on coral reefs at global scales. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7 (1). pp. 71-81.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Schlaefer, Jodie A., Bowden, Casey L., Collins, William P., Hemingson, Christopher R., Ling, Scott D., Morais, Juliano, Morais, Renato A., Siqueira, Alexandre C., Streit, Robert P., Swan, Sam, and Bellwood, David R. (2023) Bio-physical determinants of sediment accumulation on an offshore coral reef: A snapshot study. Science of the Total Environment, 895. 165188.

Douglas, Sophia R.L., Tebbett, Sterling B., Choukroun, Severine, Goatley, Christopher H.R., and Bellwood, David R. (2023) Depth stratified light trap sampling reveals variation in the depth distribution of late-stage cryptobenthic reef fish larvae. Coral Reefs, 42 (2). pp. 507-512.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Crisp, Samantha K., Evans, Richard D., Fulton, Christopher J., Pessarrodona, Albert, Wernberg, Thomas, Wilson, Shaun K., and Bellwood, David R. (2023) On the Challenges of Identifying Benthic Dominance on Anthropocene Coral Reefs. BioScience, 73 (3). pp. 220-228.

Gahan, James, Bellwood, David R., Nankervis, Leo, and Tebbett, Sterling B. (2023) Spatial and temporal variability in tropical off-reef zooplankton across broad spatial and temporal scales. Marine Environmental Research, 191. 106169.

Bowden, Casey L., Streit, Robert P., Bellwood, David R., and Tebbett, Sterling B. (2022) A 3D perspective on sediment turnover and feeding selectivity in blennies. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 180. 113799.

Arjunwadkar, Chaitanya, Tebbett, Sterling B., Bellwood, David, Bourne, David G., and Smith, Hillary A. (2022) Algal turf structure and composition vary with particulate loads on coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 181. 113903.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Streit, Robert P., Morais, Juliano, Schlaefer, Jodie A., Swan, Sam, and Bellwood, David R. (2022) Benthic cyanobacterial mat formation during severe coral bleaching at Lizard Island: The mediating role of water currents. Marine Environmental Research, 181. 105752.

Pessarrodona, Albert, Tebbett, Sterling B., Bosch, Nestor E., Bellwood, David R., and Wernberg, Thomas (2022) High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef. Coral Reefs, 41 (1). pp. 161-173.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Sgarlatta, M. Paula, Pessarrodona, Albert, Vergés, Adriana, Wernberg, Thomas, and Bellwood, David R. (2022) How to quantify algal turf sediments and particulates on tropical and temperate reefs: An overview. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179. 105673.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Bellwood, David R., Johnson, Erin R., and Chase, Tory J. (2022) Occurrence and accumulation of heavy metals in algal turf particulates and sediments on coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 184. 114113.

Morais, Juliano, Morais Araujo, Renato, Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2022) On the fate of dead coral colonies. Functional Ecology, 36 (12). pp. 3148-3160.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Morais, Juliano, and Bellwood, David R. (2022) Spatial patchiness in change, recruitment, and recovery on coral reefs at Lizard Island following consecutive bleaching events. Marine Environmental Research, 173. 105537.

Scott, Molly E., Tebbett, Sterling B., Whitman, Kirsty L., Thompson, Cassandra A., Mancini, Frank B., Heupel, Michelle R., and Pratchett, Morgan S. (2022) Variation in abundance, diversity and composition of coral reef fishes with increasing depth at a submerged shoal in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32. pp. 941-962.

Crisp, Samantha K., Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2022) A critical evaluation of benthic phase shift studies on coral reefs. Marine Environmental Research, 178. 105667.

Tebbett, Sterling, Siqueira Correa, Alexandre, and Bellwood, David (2022) The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32. pp. 387-439.

Schlaefer, Jodie A., Tebbett, Sterling B., Bowden, Casey L., Collins, William P., Duce, Stephanie, Hemingson, Christopher R., Huertas, Victor, Mihalitsis, Michalis, Morais, Juliano, Morais, Renato A., Siqueira, Alexandre C., Streit, Robert P., Swan, Sam, Valenzuela, Jessica, and Bellwood, David R. (2022) A snapshot of sediment dynamics on an inshore coral reef. Marine Environmental Research, 181. 105763.

Tebbett, Sterling Bryn (2022) The functioning of future coral reefs: fishes, sediments and productivity. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2021) Algal turf productivity on coral reefs: a meta-analysis. Marine Environmental Research, 168. 105311.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Morais, Renato A., Goatley, Christopher, and Bellwood, David R. (2021) Collapsing ecosystem functions on an inshore coral reef. Journal of Environmental Management, 289. 112471.

Morais, Juliano, Morais Araujo, Renato A., Tebbett, Sterling B., Pratchett, Morgan S., and Bellwood, David R. (2021) Dangerous demographics in post-bleach corals reveal boom-bust versus protracted declines. Scientific Reports, 11. 18787.

Schlaefer, Jodie A., Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2021) The study of sediments on coral reefs: a hydrodynamic perspective. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169. 112580.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Streit, Robert P., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) A 3D perspective on sediment accumulation in algal turfs: implications of coral reef flattening. Journal of Ecology, 108 (1). pp. 70-80.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H. R., Streit, Robert P., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Algal turf sediments limit the spatial extent of function delivery on coral reefs. Science of the Total Environment, 734. 139422.

Chase, T. J., Pratchett, M. S., McWilliam, M. J., Hein, M. Y., Tebbett, S. B., and Hoogenboom, M. O. (2020) Damselfishes alleviate the impacts of sediments on host corals. Royal Society Open Science, 7. 192074.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Chase, Tory J., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Farming damselfishes shape algal turf sediment dynamics on coral reefs. Marine Environmental Research, 160. 104988.

Oakley-Cogan, Arun, Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Habitat zonation on coral reefs: Structural complexity, nutritional resources and herbivorous fish distributions. PLoS ONE, 15 (6). e0233498.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Hoey, Andrew S., Depczynski, Martial, Wismer, Sharon, and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Macroalgae removal on coral reefs: realised ecosystem functions transcend biogeographic locations. Coral Reefs, 39 (1). pp. 203-214.

Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Sediments ratchet-down coral reef algal turf productivity. Science of the Total Environment, 713. 136709.

Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Algal turf sediments on coral reefs: what's known and what's next. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149. 110542.

Bellwood, David R., Pratchett, Morgan S., Morrison, Tiffany H., Gurney, Georgina G., Hughes, Terry P., Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Day, Jon C., Grantham, Ruby, Grech, Alana, Hoey, Andrew S., Jones, Geoffrey P., Pandolfi, John M., Tebbett, Sterling B., Techera, Erika, Weeks, Rebecca, and Cumming, Graeme S. (2019) Coral reef conservation in the Anthropocene: confronting spatial mismatches and prioritizing functions. Biological Conservation, 236. pp. 604-615.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Streit, Robert P., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Expansion of a colonial ascidian following consecutive mass coral bleaching at Lizard Island, Australia. Marine Environmental Research, 144. pp. 125-129.

Latrille, François X., Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Quantifying sediment dynamics on an inshore coral reef: putting algal turfs in perspective. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141. pp. 404-415.

Wismer, Sharon, Tebbett, Sterling B., Streit, Robert P., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Spatial mismatch in fish and coral loss following 2016 mass coral bleaching. Science of the Total Environment, 650. pp. 1487-1498.

Wismer, Sharon, Tebbett, Sterling B., Streit, Robert P., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Young fishes persist despite coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef. Communications Biology, 2. 456.

Bellwood, David R., Streit, Robert P., Brandl, Simon J., and Tebbett, Sterling B. (2019) The meaning of the term 'function' in ecology: a coral reef perspective. Functional Ecology, 33 (6). pp. 948-961.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H.R., and Bellwood, David R. (2018) Algal turf sediments across the Great Barrier Reef: putting coastal reefs in perspective. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 137. pp. 518-525.

Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2018) Functional links on coral reefs: urchins and triggerfishes, a cautionary tale. Marine Environmental Research, 141. pp. 255-263.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Bellwood, David R., and Purcell, Steven W. (2018) Sediment addition drives declines in algal turf yield to herbivorous coral reef fishes: implications for reefs and reef fisheries. Coral Reefs, 37 (3). pp. 929-937.

Tebbett, S.B., and Bellwood, D.R. (2018) Unusual caudal spines in the surgeonfish Zebrasoma scopas. Coral Reefs, 37 (1). p. 251.

Goatley, C.H.R., Wroe, S., Tebbett, S.B., and Bellwood, D.R. (2018) An evaluation of a double-tailed deformity in a coral-reef surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Acanthuridae) using micro-computed tomography. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (5). pp. 1645-1650.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H.R., Huertas Martin, Victor, Mihalitsis, Michalis, and Bellwood, David R. (2018) A functional evaluation of feeding in the surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus: the role of soft tissues. Royal Society Open Science, 5. 171111.

Bellwood, David R., Tebbett, Sterling B., Bellwood, Orpha, Mihalitsis, Michalis, Morais, Renato A., Streit, Robert P., and Fulton, Christopher J. (2018) The role of the reef flat in coral reef trophodynamics: past, present, and future. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (8). pp. 4108-4119.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H.R., and Bellwood, David R. (2017) Algal turf sediments and sediment production by parrotfishes across the continental shelf of the Northern Great Barrier Reef. PLoS One, 12 (1). e0170854.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H.R., and Bellwood, David R. (2017) Clarifying functional roles: algal removal by the surgeonfishes Ctenochaetus striatus and Acanthurus nigrofuscus. Coral Reefs, 36 (3). pp. 803-813.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H.R., and Bellwood, David R. (2017) Fine sediments suppress detritivory on coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 114 (2). pp. 934-940.

Khan, Joanna A., Goatley, Christopher H.R., Brandl, Simon J., Tebbett, Sterling B., and Bellwood, David R. (2017) Shelter use by large reef fishes: long-term occupancy and the impacts of disturbance. Coral Reefs, 36 (4). pp. 1123-1132.

Tebbett, Sterling B., Goatley, Christopher H.R., and Bellwood, David R. (2017) The effects of algal turf sediments and organic loads on feeding by coral reef surgeonfishes. PLoS One, 12 (1). e0169479.

Bellwood, David R., Goatley, Christopher H.R., Khan, Joanna A., and Tebbett, Sterling B. (2016) Site fidelity and homing in juvenile rabbitfishes (Siganidae). Coral Reefs, 35 (4). pp. 1151-1155.