Robertson, D.R. 1972. Social control of sex reversal in a coral reef fish. Science 177:1007-1009.

Robertson, D.R. 1973. Sex changes under the waves. New Scientist 58:538-540.

Robertson, D.R. 1973b. Field observations on the reproductive behavior of a Pomacentrid fish, <i>Acanthochromis polyacanthus</i>. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 32:319-324.

D Ross Robertson 1974. A study of the ethology and reproductive biology of the labrid fish, Labroides dimidiatus at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. PhD thesis, University of Queensland 535 pp.

Robertson, D.R. and G.R. Allen. 1974. Descriptions of four new damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. <i>Records of the Australian Museum</i> 29(4): 153–167, plates 1–5. [8 May 1974]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1974.229

Robertson, D.R. and J.H. Choat. 1974a. Protogynous hermaphroditism and social systems in Labrid fish. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs 1:217-224.

Robertson, D.R. and G.R. Allen. 1981c. <i>Stegastes mellis</i> (Emery et Burgess, 1974), le juvenile de la Demoiselle caraibe <i>Stegastes diencaeus</i> (Jordan et Rutter, 1898). Revue Francaise Aquariologie 7:109-112.

Choat, J.H. and D. R. Robertson. 1975a. Protogynous hermaphroditism in fishes of the family Scaridae. In: Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom. R.Reinboth (ed.), pp. 264-283.

Warner, R.R., D.R. Robertson and E.G. Leigh, Jr. 1975b. Sex change and sexual selection. Science 190:633-638.

Robertson, D.R., H.P.A. Sweatman, E.A. Fletcher, and M.G. Cleland. 1976. Schooling as a mechanism for circumventing the territoriality of competitors. Ecology 57:1208-1220.