Brief description
70 selected reefs throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are sampled in the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project (LTMP). Underwater visual census is used to survey reef fishes on fixed transects (3 sites per reef, 5 x 50 m transects per site). The abundance and length of all diurnally active, non-cryptic fishes are recorded. A full list of species observed each year can be obtained on request. The overarching goal of LTMP fish surveys are to detect changes in reef fish communities over time at a regional scale, but also to examine the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas. All fish species counted are largely non-cryptic, easily identified underwater and include both commercial and non-commercial taxa. Because surveys span the annual recruitment season, 0+ individuals are excluded from counts: these are distinguished from adults by their small size and often distinctive colouration. Abundance data for each fish species is subsequently summed over the five transects at each site on each reef to provide reasonable sample sizes for analysis and interpretation. Updated results of surveys can be found at: https://apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/reefs A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://www.iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/3936). Data have been used for the e-Atlas: http://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/05bde62a-70ec-407b-b999-30cf369498afLineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeededNotes
CreditSweatman, H P A
Modified: 09 08 2024
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Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 2: Sweatman HPA (1997) Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 2. LTM No.2. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 161 p.
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Rapid increase in fish numbers follows creation of world's largest marine reserve network: Russ GR, Cheal AJ, Dolman A, Emslie MJ, Evans RD, Miller IR, Sweatman HPA and Williamson DH (2008) Rapid increase in fish numbers follows creation of world's largest marine reserve network. Current Biology 18: R514-R515.
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Stuart-Smith, R. D., Edgar, G. J., Clausius, E., Oh, E. S., Barrett, N. S., Emslie, M. J., Bates, A. E., Bax, N., Brock, D., Cooper, A., Davis, T. R., Day, P. B., Dunic, J. C., Green, A., Hasweera, N., Hicks, J., Holmes, T. H., Jones, B., Jordan, A., … Mellin, C. (2022). Tracking widespread climate-driven change on temperate and tropical reefs. Current Biology, 32(19), 4128-4138.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.067
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.067
NERP TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs: NERP TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs
uri :
https://eatlas.org.au/nerp-te/gbr-aims-monitoring-zoning-mpa-mid-outer-shelf-reefs-8-1
Long-Term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 6.: Sweatman HPA, Abdo D, Burgess S, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Delean S, Emslie MJ, Miller IR, Osborne K, Oxley WG, Page CM, Thompson AA and Cheal AJ (2004) Long-Term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 6. Australian Institute of Marine Science. CD-ROM.
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Responses of coral and fish assemblages to a severe but short-lived tropical cyclone on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Delean S, Miller IR, Osborne K and Sweatman HPA (2002) Responses of coral and fish assemblages to a severe but short-lived tropical cyclone on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 21: 131-142.
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Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 4: Sweatman HPA, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Fitzpatrick BM, Miller IR, Ninio R, Osborne K, Page CM, Ryan DAJ, Thompson AA and Tomkins P (2000) Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 4. LTM No. 4. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 117 p.
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Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 1: Oliver JK, De'ath AG, Done TJ, Williams DMcB, Furnas MJ and Moran PJ (1995) Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 1. LTM No.1. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 121 p.
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Surveys of the effects of rezoning of the GBR Marine Park in 2004 on some fish species - preliminary findings. Report to Marine & Tropical Sciences Research Facility: Evans RD, Williamson D, Sweatman HPA, Russ GR, Emslie MJ, Cheal AJ and Miller IR (2006) Surveys of the effects of rezoning of the GBR Marine Park in 2004 on some fish species - preliminary findings. Report to Marine & Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University. 17 p.
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AIMS long-term reef monitoring program
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https://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/monitoring/reef/sampling-methods.html
Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2020/2021
uri :
https://www.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/gbr-condition-summary-2020-2021
Standard Operational Procedure - Emslie MJ, Cheal AJ (2018) Visual census of reef fish. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia
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https://www.aims.gov.au/sites/default/files/AIMS%20LTMP%20Fish%20Census%20SOP_3_Ed2_Oct%202018.pdf
A guide to the reef monitoring database. Long term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Standard operational procedure No. 5: Baker VJ and Coleman GJ (2000) A guide to the reef monitoring database. Long term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Standard operational procedure No. 5. SOP 5. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 72 p.
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Visual census surveys of reef fish. Long term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Standard operational procedure No. 3: Halford AR and Thompson AA (1996) Visual census surveys of reef fish. Long term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Standard operational procedure No. 3. SOP 3. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 24 p.
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Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs: Wilson SK, Dolman A, Cheal AJ, Emslie MJ, Pratchett Ms and Sweatman HPA (2009) Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs. Coral Reefs 28: 3-14.
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Habitat utilisation by coral reef fish: implications for specialists vs. generalists in a changing environment: Wilson SK, Burgess S, Cheal AJ, Emslie MJ, Fisher R, Miller IR, Polunin N and Sweatman HPA (2008) Habitat utilisation by coral reef fish: implications for specialists vs. generalists in a changing environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 77(2): 220-228.
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Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier reef, Status Report: Sweatman HPA, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Emslie MJ, Johns K, Jonker M, Miller IR and Osborne K (2008) Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier reef, Status Report. 8. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 369 p.
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Long-Term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef, Status Report Number 5: Sweatman HPA, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Delean S, Fitzpatrick BM, Miller IR, Ninio R, Osborne K, Page CM and Thompson AA (2001) Long-Term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef, Status Report Number 5. LTM No.5. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 106 p.
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Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2021/2022
uri :
https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-condition-summary-2021-22
Spatial synchrony in coral reef fish populations and the influence of climate: Cheal AJ, Delean S, Sweatman HPA and Thompson AA (2007) Spatial synchrony in coral reef fish populations and the influence of climate. Ecology 88(1): 158-169.
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Recovery from disturbance of coral and reef fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Emslie MJ, Cheal AJ, Sweatman HPA and Delean S (2008) Recovery from disturbance of coral and reef fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 371: 177-190.
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Coral-macroalgal phase shifts or reef resilience: links with diversity and functional roles of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef: Cheal AJ, MacNeil MA, Cripps E, Emslie MJ, Jonker M, Schaffelke B and Sweatman HPA (2010) Coral-macroalgal phase shifts or reef resilience: links with diversity and functional roles of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 29: 1005-1015.
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Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 8.1 project on the paired zoning reefs.: Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 8.1 project on the paired zoning reefs.
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https://data.aims.gov.au/data-download/ltmp-exports/nerp_ltmp_fish_zoning.csv
Reef Dashboard: latest annual update of the coral cover trend in the Great Barrier Reef
uri :
https://apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/reefs
Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 1.1 project on the standard set of reefs.: Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 1.1 project on the standard set of reefs.
uri :
https://data.aims.gov.au/data-download/ltmp-exports/nerp_ltmp_fish_standard.csv
Effects of different disturbance types on butterflyfish communities of Australia s Great Barrier Reef: Emslie MJ, Pratchett Ms and Cheal AJ (2011) Effects of different disturbance types on butterflyfish communities of Australia s Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs .
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Great Barrier Reef butterflyfish community structure: the role of shelf position and benthic community type: Emslie MJ, Pratchett MS, Cheal AJ and Osborne K (2010) Great Barrier Reef butterflyfish community structure: the role of shelf position and benthic community type. Coral Reefs 29: 705-715.
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Similar regional effects among local habitats on the structure of tropical reef fish and coral communities: Burgess S, Osborne K and Caley MJ (2010) Similar regional effects among local habitats on the structure of tropical reef fish and coral communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 363-375.
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Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 7: Sweatman HPA, Burgess S, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Delean S, Emslie MJ, McDonald A, Miller IR, Osborne K and Thompson AA (2005) Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 7. Australian Institute of Marine Science & CRC Reef Research Centre. 257 p.
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NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef: NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef
uri :
https://eatlas.org.au/nerp-te/gbr-aims-reef-monitoring-status-trends-1-1
Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 3: Sweatman HPA, Bass DK, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Miller IR, Ninio R, Osborne K, Oxley WG, Ryan DAJ, Thompson AA and Tomkins P (1998) Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 3. LTM No. 3. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 303 p.
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The status of reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef: Sweatman HPA, Thompson AA and Cheal AJ (1997) The status of reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. pp. 205-222. In: Wachenfeld D, Oliver JK and Davis K (eds) State of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Workshop. Proceedings of a technical workshop held in Townsville, Queensland, Australia 27-29 November 1995. GBRMPA Workshop Series. 23. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
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