Kingsford, M. J., Syms, C., Srinivasan, M., and Jones, G. P. (2019) Coral reef habitats and their influence on reef assemblages. In: Hutchings, Pat, Kingsford, Michael, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, (eds.) The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, VIC, Australia, pp. 51-62.

Richards, Zoe T., Syms, Craig, Wallace, Carden C., Muir, Paul R., and Willis, Bette L. (2013) Multiple occupancy–abundance patterns in staghorn coral communities. Diversity and Distributions, 19 (8). pp. 884-895.

Roy, Alexandra-Sophie, Frisch, Ashley J., Syms, Craig, Thorrold, Simon R., and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2013) Retention of a transgenerational marker (137Barium) in tissues of adult female anemonefish and assessment of physiological stress. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 96 (4). pp. 459-466.

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, Almany, Glenn R., De Arruda, Maurício P., Arthofer, Wolfgang, Atallah, Z.K., Beissinger, Steven R., Berumen, Michael L., Bogdanowicz, S.M., Brown, S.D., Bruford, Michael W., Burdine, C., Busch, Jeremiah W., Campbell, Nathan R., Carey, D., Carstens, Bryan C., Chu, K.H., Cubeta, Marc A., Cuda, J.P., Cui, Zhaoxia, Datnoff, L.E., Dávila, J.A., Davis, Emily S., Davis, R.M., Diekmann, Onno E., Eizirik, Eduardo, Fargallo, J.A., Fernandes, Fabiano, Fukuda, Hideo, Gale, L.R., Gallagher, Elizabeth, Gao, Yongqiang, Girard, Philippe, Godhe, Anna, Gonçalves, Evonnildo C., Gouveia, Licinia, Grajczyk, Amber M., Grose, M.J., Gu, Zhifeng, Halldén, Christer, Härnström, Karolina, Hemmingsen, Amanda H., Holmes, Gerald, Huang, C.H., Huang, Chuan-chin, Hudman, S.P., Jones, Geoffrey P., Kanetis, Loukas, Karunasagar, Iddya, Karunasagar, Indrani, Keyghobadi, Nusha, Klosterman, S.J., Klug, Page E., Koch, J., Koopman, Margaret M., Köppler, Kirsten, Koshimizu, Eriko, Krumböck, Susanne, Kubisiak, T., Landis, J.B., Lasta, Mario L., Lee, Chow-Yang, Li, Qianqian, Li, Shou-Hsien, Lin, Rong-Chien, Liu, M., Liu, Na, Liu, W.C., Liu, Yuan, Loiseau, A., Luan, Weisha, Maruthachalam, K.K., McCormick, Helen M., Mellick, Rohan, Monnahan, P.J., Morielle-Versute, Eliana, Murray, Tomás E., Narum, Shawn R., Neufeld, Katie, De Nova, P.J.G., Ojiambo, Peter S., Okamoto, Nobuaki, Othman, Ahmad Sofiman, Overholt, W.A., Pardini, Renata, Paterson, Ian G., Patty, Olivia A., Paxton, Robert J., Planes, Serge, Porter, Carolyn, Pratchett, Morgan S., Püttker, Thomas, Rasic, Gordana, Rasool, Bilal, Rey, O., Riegler, Markus, Riehl, C., Roberts, John M.K., Roberts, P.D., Rochel, Elisabeth, Roe, Kevin J., Rossetto, Maurizio, Ruzzante, Daniel E., Sakamoto, Takashi, Saravanan, V., Sarturi, Cladinara Roberts, Schmidt, Anke, Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz, Schuler, Hannes, Serb, Jeanne M., Serrão, Ester T.A., Shi, Yaohua, Silva, Artur, Sin, Y.W., Sommer, Simone, Stauffer, Christian, Strüssmann, Carlos Augusto, Subbarao, K.V., Syms, Craig, Tan, Feng, Tejedor, Eugenio Daniel, Thorrold, Simon R., Trigiano, Robert N., Trucco, María I., Tsuchiya-Jerep, Mirian Tienko Nunes, Vergara, P., van de Vliet, Mirjam S., Wadl, Phillip A., Wang, Aimin, Wang, Hongxia, Wang, R.X., Wang, Xinwang, Wang, Yan, Weeks, Andrew R., Wei, Fuwen, Werner, William J., Wiley, E.O., Williams, D.A., Wilkins, Richard J., Wisely, Samantha M., With, Kimberly A., Wu, Danhua, Yao, Cheng-Te, Yau, Cynthia, Yeap, Beng-Keok, Zhai, Bao-Ping, Zhan, Xiangjiang, Zhang, Guo-Yan, Zhang, S.Y., Zhao, Ru, and Zhu, Lifeng (2009) Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009–31 July 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9 (6). pp. 1460-1466.

Pratchett, M.S., Schenk, T.J., Baine, M., Syms, C., and Baird, A.H. (2009) Selective coral mortality associated with outbreaks of Acanthaster planci L. in Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. Marine Environmental Research, 67 (4-5). pp. 230-236.

Dixson, Danielle L. , Jones, Geoffrey P., Munday, Philip L., Planes, Serge, Pratchett, Morgan S., Srinivasan, Maya, Syms, Craig, and Thorrold, Simon R. (2008) Coral reef fish smell leaves to find island homes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 275. pp. 2831-2839.

Wellenreuther, Maren, Syms, Craig, and Clements, Kendall D. (2008) Body size and ecological diversification in a sister species pair of triplefin fishes. Evolutionary Ecology, 22 (4). pp. 575-592.

Wellenreuther, Maren, Syms, Craig, and Clements, Kendall D. (2008) Consistent spatial patterns across biogeographic gradients in temperate reef fishes. Ecography, 31 (1). pp. 84-94.

Syms, C., and Kingsford, M.J. (2008) Coral reef habitats and assemblages. In: Hutchings, Pat, Kingsford, Mike, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, (eds.) The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, Australia, pp. 40-50.

Syms, C. (2008) Ordination. In: Jorgensen, Sven Erik, and Fath, Brian D., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 2572-2581.

Syms, C. (2008) Principal components analysis. In: Jorgensen, Sven Erik, and Fath, Brian D., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 2940-2949.

Almany, Glenn R., Peacock, Lisa F., Syms, Craig, McCormick, Mark I., and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2007) Predators target rare prey in coral reef fish assemblages. Oecologia, 152 (4). pp. 751-761.

Luter, Heidi M., Duckworth, Alan R., and Syms, Craig (2007) Cytotoxic and anti-microbial activity of the sponge Iotrochota sp. as a function of size and spatial competitors. Marine Biology Research, 3 (5). pp. 312-318.

Munday, Philip L., Cardoni, Adrian M., and Syms, Craig (2006) Cooperative growth regulation in coral dwelling fishes. Biology Letters, 2 (3). pp. 355-358.

Syms, Craig, and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2004) Habitat structure, disturbance and the composition of sand-dwelling goby assemblages in a coral reef lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 268. pp. 221-230.

Syms, Craig, and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2001) Soft corals exert no direct effects on coral reef fish assemblages. Oecologia, 127 (4). pp. 560-571.

Syms, Craig, and Jones, Geoffrey P. (2000) Disturbance, habitat structure, and the dynamics of a coral-reef fish community. Ecology, 81 (10). pp. 2714-2729.

Syms, Craig, and Jones, Geoff (1998) Community assembly of fish on small patch reefs: direct vs indirect disturbance. In: Jones, G.P., Doherty, P.J., Mapstone, B.D., and Howlett, L., (eds.) ReeFish '95: recruitment and population dynamics of coral reef fishes. CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville, QLD, Australia, pp. 238-251.

Syms, Craig (1998) Habitat association, disturbance dynamics, and the role of spatial scale in structuring coral reef fish assemblages. PhD thesis, James Cook University.