Brief description
This data set is derived from a project that seeks to understand the status and resilience of the key communities of coral reef fishes that underpin the ecology of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) Marine Protected Area. It is funded by the Bertarelli Program in Marine Science (Bertarelli Foundation) and represents a collaboration between AIMS, Lancaster University, and Stanford University. The data are collected on annual field expeditions to the Chagos Archipelago. The data are primarily fish specimen biological characteristics (collected by spearfishing), whereby otoliths from specimens are actively being used for biochronological reconstructions of growth histories. The research program also used a series of shallow water (<10m) BRUVS deployments in March 2019 to obtain a comprehensive spatial survey of sharks and other predatory fish species.Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeededModified: 10 08 2024
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Lange, I.D., Benkwitt, C.E., McDevitt-Irwin, J.M. et al. Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll. Coral Reefs (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02184-w
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02184-w
Taylor BM, Chinkin M, Meekan MG (2020) Teleconnections reveal that drivers of inter-annual growth can vary from local to ocean basin scales in tropical snappers. Coral Reefs 39:97–407
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Biological data associated with manuscript: Taylor BM, Benckwitt CE, Choat JH, Clements KD, Graham NAJ, Meekan MG. (2020). Synchronous biological feedbacks in parrotfishes associated with pantropical coral bleaching. Global Change Biology (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14909)
Taylor BM, Wakefield CB, Newman SJ, Chinkin M, Meekan MG (2020) Unprecedented longevity of unharvested shallow-water snappers in the Indian Ocean. Coral Reefs 40:15–19
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Taylor BM, Benkwitt CE, Choat H, Clements KD, Graham NAJ, Meekan MG (2020) Synchronous biological feedbacks in parrotfishes associated with pantropical coral bleaching. Global Change Biology 26(3):1285-1294
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Biological data associated with manuscript: Taylor BM, et. al (2020) Unprecedented longevity of unharvested shallow-water snappers in the Indian Ocean. Coral Reefs 40:15–19 [xlsx file sixe: 43kb]
Biological data associated with manuscript: Taylor BM, Chinkin M, Meekan MG (2020) Teleconnections reveal that drivers of inter-annual growth can vary from local to ocean basin scales in tropical snappers. Coral Reefs 39:97–407 [Zip Folder Size: 17kb]
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