Patterns in the chaos: scale and the spatio-temporal dynamics of GBR reef fish assemblages

This paper analyses the spatial patterns and temporal dynamics of the long-term fish dataset from the LTMP (see LTMP metadata for details on methods).

The dataset spand 233 coral reef fish species, recorded from 1995 to 2023 across the entire GBR.

We analysed spatial patterns and temporal dynamics at the whole GBR scale and the sector x shelf scale, by year and decade, and by total density and species richness, family level and species level. We used Bayesian glmms, and multivariate techniques such as PCA, Adonis and RDA.

Data and resources

GitHub Repository: LTMP Fish data

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Species-level density means

Species-level density means

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https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70227

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70227

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Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Michael J. Emslie, Murray Logan, Andrew Cole, Makeely I. Blandford, and Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor. 2025. “ Patterns in the Chaos: Scale and the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages on the Great Barrier Reef.” Ecosphere 16(5): e70227. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70227

Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Michael J. Emslie, Murray Logan, Andrew Cole, Makeely I. Blandford, and Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor. 2025. “ Patterns in the Chaos: Scale…

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