AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program: Visual Census Fish Data (Great Barrier Reef)
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-b999-30cf369498af
Données et ressources
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AIMS long-term reef monitoring programHTML Ouvrir
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Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2020/2021HTML Ouvrir
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Standard Operational Procedure - Emslie MJ, Cheal AJ (2018) Visual census of reef fish. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, AustraliaPDF Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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)…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bates, A. E., Strona, G., Bulleri, F., Horta e Costa, B., Edgar, G. J., Hereu, B., Reed, D. C., Stuart-Smith, R. D., Barrett, N. S.,…HTML Ouvrir
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Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2022/2023HTML Ouvrir
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Michael Bode et al. ,Marine reserves contribute half of the larval supply to a coral reef fishery.Sci. Adv.11,eadt0216(2025).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adt0216HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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Tsai, C.-H. and Connolly, S.R. (2025), Environmental Gradients Linked to Human Impacts, Not Species Richness, Drive Regional Variation in Community Stability in…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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,…HTML Ouvrir
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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…CSV Ouvrir
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Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2021/2022HTML Ouvrir
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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.…HTML Ouvrir
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Ruiz-Moreno, A., Emslie, M.J. & Connolly, S.R. (2024) High response diversity and conspecific density-dependence, not species interactions, drive dynamics of…HTML Ouvrir
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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,…HTML Ouvrir
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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)…HTML Ouvrir
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Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2023/2024HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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Effects of different disturbance types on butterflyfish communities of Australia s Great Barrier Reef: Emslie MJ, Pratchett Ms and Cheal AJ (2011) Effects of…HTML Ouvrir
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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)…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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González-Barrios, F. J., Keith, S. A., Emslie, M. J., Ceccarelli, D. M., Williams, G. J., & Graham, N. A. J. (2025). Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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,…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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.…HTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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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,…HTML Ouvrir
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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,…HTML Ouvrir
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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…CSV Ouvrir
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Reef Dashboard: latest annual update of the coral cover trend in the Great Barrier ReefHTML Ouvrir
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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…HTML Ouvrir
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