Ma, Ka Yan, Craig, Matthew Thomas, Choat, John Howard, and van Herwerden, Lynne (2016) The historical biogeography of groupers: clade diversification patterns and processes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100. pp. 21-30.

Harrison, Hugo B., Feldheim, Kevin A., Jones, Geoffrey P., Ma, Kayan, Mansour, Hicham, Perumal, Sadhasivan, Williamson, David H., and Berumen, Michael L. (2014) Validation of microsatellite multiplexes for parentage analysis and species discrimination in two hybridizing species of coral reef fish (Plectropomus spp., Serranidae). Ecology and Evolution, 4 (11). pp. 2046-2057.

Ma, Ka Yan (2014) Patterns and processes of diversification in groupers (family: Epinephelidae). PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Ma, Ka Yan, Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, and Chu, Ka Hou (2013) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the camouflage grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion (Epinephelidae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 5 (4). pp. 1129-1132.

Ma, Ka Yan, Chan, Tin-Yam, and Chu, Ka Hau (2011) Refuting the six-genus classification of Penaeus s.l. (Dendrobranchiata, Penaeidae): a combined analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Zoologica Scipta, 40 (5). pp. 498-508.