Continent-wide declines in shallow reef life over a decade of ocean warming

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

(2021) Dana M. Bergstrom et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator

(2021) Chhaya Chaudhary et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High biomass and productivity of epifaunal invertebrates living amongst dead coral

(2021) Kate M. Fraser et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Disease-driven mass mortality event leads to widespread extirpation and variable recovery potential of a marine predator across the eastern Pacific

(2021) S. L. Hamilton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Emergent properties in the responses of tropical corals to recurrent climate extremes

(2021) Terry P. Hughes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life using Reef Life Survey

(2020) Graham J. Edgar et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Decades of monitoring have informed the stewardship and ecological understanding of Australia's Great Barrier Reef

(2020) Michael J. Emslie et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

CoralTemp and the Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite Version 3.1

(2020) William Skirving et al.   Remote Sensing

Tropicalisation of temperate reefs: Implications for ecosystem functions and management actions

(2019) Adriana Vergés et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

(2019) Walter Jetz et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The state of Western Australia’s coral reefs

(2019) James P. Gilmour et al.   CORAL REEFS

Weaknesses in stock assessment modelling and management practices affect fisheries sustainability

(2019) Graham J. Edgar et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients

(2019) Michael T. Burrows et al.   Nature Climate Change

Rapid declines across Australian fishery stocks indicate global sustainability targets will not be achieved without an expanded network of ‘no-fishing’ reserves

(2018) Graham J. Edgar et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Combining global tree cover loss data with historical national forest cover maps to look at six decades of deforestation and forest fragmentation in Madagascar

(2018) Ghislain Vieilledent et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Pollution signature for temperate reef biodiversity is short and simple

(2018) S.D. Ling et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mass coral bleaching

(2018) Rick D. Stuart-Smith et al.   NATURE

Changes in deep reef benthic community composition across a latitudinal and environmental gradient in temperate Eastern Australia

(2017) LC James et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

(2017) Gerardo Ceballos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological interactions both facilitate and resist climate-related functional change in temperate reef communities

(2017) Amanda E. Bates et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Where have all the insects gone?

(2017) Gretchen Vogel   SCIENCE

Large marine protected areas represent biodiversity now and under climate change

(2017) T. E. Davies et al.   Scientific Reports

Changes in deep reef benthic community composition across a latitudinal and environmental gradient in temperate Eastern Australia

(2017) LC James et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Abundance and local-scale processes contribute to multi-phyla gradients in global marine diversity

(2017) Graham J. Edgar et al.   Science Advances

Thermal limits to the geographic distributions of shallow-water marine species

(2017) Rick D. Stuart-Smith et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

From global to regional and back again: common climate stressors of marine ecosystems relevant for adaptation across five ocean warming hotspots

(2016) Ekaterina Popova et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The 'Great Southern Reef': social, ecological and economic value of Australia's neglected kelp forests

(2016) Scott Bennett et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

(2016) Kira A. Krumhansl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem

(2016) T. Wernberg et al.   SCIENCE

Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health

(2015) Sarah Whitmee et al.   LANCET

Dramatic declines in coastal and oceanic fish communities off California

(2015) JA Koslow et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Loss of native rocky reef biodiversity in Australian metropolitan embayments

(2015) Rick D. Stuart-Smith et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global Trends in the Status of Bird and Mammal Pollinators

(2015) Eugenie C. Regan et al.   Conservation Letters

Dramatic declines in coastal and oceanic fish communities off California

(2015) JA Koslow et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Systematic global assessment of reef fish communities by the Reef Life Survey program

(2014) Graham J Edgar et al.   Scientific Data

An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas

(2012) GRAHAM. J. EDGAR et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Bottom-up effects of climate on fish populations: data from the Continuous Plankton Recorder

(2012) SG Pitois et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling

(2011) Lennert Tyberghein et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania

(2011) Craig R. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005

(2010) C. Mark Eakin et al.   PLoS One

Decadal trends in marine reserves reveal differential rates of change in direct and indirect effects

(2010) R. C. Babcock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stability in temperate reef communities over a decadal time scale despite concurrent ocean warming

(2009) RICK D. STUART-SMITH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

El Niño, grazers and fisheries interact to greatly elevate extinction risk for Galapagos marine species

(2009) GRAHAM J. EDGAR et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift

(2009) S. D. Ling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Monitoring Change in Vertebrate Abundance: the Living Planet Index

(2008) BEN COLLEN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE