Scientific papers & 
management reports

Scientific papers & management reports that use RLS data, designed for management, policy & building public knowledge on the state of the world's reefs.
Title Authors Journal Year
Coghlan, A.R., Blanchard et al
J.L., Wotherspoon, S., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar, G.J., Barrett, N., & Audzijonyte, A.
Ecology Letters
2024

Auber, A., et al.
Nature Communications
2022

Seguin, R., et al.
Nature Sustainability
2023

Stuart-Smith, RD., et al.
Current Biology
2022

Soler, G.A., et al.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022
Tebbett, S.B., Connolly et al
S.R., Bellwood, D.R.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
2023

Davis, TR., et al.
Diversity
2023

Edgar, GJ., et al.
Nature
2023
Lazzari, N., Becerro et al
M.A., Sanabria-Fernandez, J.A., Martín-López, B.
Science of the Total Environment
2021

Schiettekatte, N.M.D, et al.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
2022
Mellin, C., Edgar et al
G., Emslie, M., Barrett, N., Turak, E., Gilmour, J., Stuart-Smith, R.
2021
Heather, F.J., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Blanchard, J.L., Fraser, K.M., Edgar, G.J.
Ecology Letters
2021

Mathon, L., et al.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022
Bolt, M.H., Callaghan et al
C.T., Poore, A.G.B., Verges, A., Roberts, C.J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
2022
McCosker, E., Stuart-Smith et al
R. D., Edgar, G., Steinberg, P.D., Verges, A.
Diversity and Distributions
2022
Langlois, J., Mouquet et al
N., et al.
PLOS Biology
2022
Clausius, E., Cooper et al
A.T, Stuart-Smith, R.D, Edgar, G.E.
2022

Heather FJ, Stuart-Smith RD, Cooper AT, and Edgar GJ
2022
Heather, F, Stuart-Smith R et al
Cooper A, Oh E, Turak E, and Edgar G.
2022

Pinillos F, & Riera R.
Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences
2022
Parravicini V, Casey JM, Schiettekatte NMD et al
Brandl SJ, Pozas-Schacre C, Carlot J, Edgar GJ, Graham NAJ, Harmelin-Vivien M, Kulbicki M, Strona G, Stuart-Smith RD
Plos Biology
2020
Turnbull, J.W., Johnston et al
E.L. and Clark, G.F.
Conservation Biology
2021
Turnbull, J.W., Clark et al
G.F. and Johnston, E.L.
Sustainability Science
2021
Lazzari, N., Becerro et al
M.A., Sanabria-Fernandez, J.A. and Martín-López, B.
Science of the Total Environment
2021
Payne, N.L., Morley et al
S.A., Halsey, L.G., Smith, J.A., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Waldock, C. and Bates, A.E.
Communications Biology
2021
Heather, F.J., Stuart‐Smith et al
R.D., Blanchard, J.L., Fraser, K.M. and Edgar, G.J.
Ecology Letters
2021
McLean, M., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Villéger, S., Auber, A., Edgar, G.J., MacNeil, M.A., Loiseau, N., Leprieur, F. and Mouillot, D.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021
Loiseau, N.,Thuiller et al
W., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Vincent Devictor, V., Edgar, G.J., Velez, L., Cinner, J.E., Graham, N.A.J., Renaud, J., Hoey, A.S., Manel, S., Mouillot, D.
PLOS Biology
2021
Christopher J. Brown, Camille Mellin, Graham J. Edgar et al
Max D. Campbell, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith
Global Change Biology
2020
Ivan A.Hinojosa , German Zapata-Hernandez , Amelia E.Fowles et al
Carlos F. Gaymer, Rick D. Stuart-Smith
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystem
2020
Freddie. J. Heather, Julia L. Blanchard, Graham J.Edgar et al
Rowan Trebilco, Rick D. Stuart- Smith
Ecology Letters
2020
Jemina Stuart-Smith, Graham J. Edgar, Peter Last et al
Christi Linardich, Tim Lynch, Neville Barrett, Tyson Bessell, Lincoln Wong, Rick D. Stuart Smith
Biological Conservation
2020
K.M. Fraser, J.S. Lefcheck, S. D. Ling et al
C. Mellin, R. D. Stuart-Smith and G. J. Edgar
Biological Sciences
2020
Graham J. Edgar, Antonia Cooper, Susan C. Baker et al
William Barker, Neville S. Barrett, Mikel A. Becerro, Amanda E. Bates, Danny Brock, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ella Clausius, Marlene Davey, Tom R. Davis, Paul B. Day, Andrew Green, Samuel R. Griffiths, Jamie Hicks, Ivan A. Hinojosa, Ben K. Jones, Stuart Kininmonth, Meryl F. Larkin, Natali Lazzarie, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Scott D. Ling, Peter Mooney, Elizabeth Oh, Alejandro P´erez-Matusu, Jacqueline B. Pocklington, Rodrigo Riera, Jose A. Sanabria-Fernandez, Yanir Seroussi, Ian Shaw, Derek Shields, Joe Shields, Margo Smith, German A. Soler, Jemina Stuart-Smith, John Turnbull, Rick D. Stuart-Smith
Biological Conservation
2020
Holland, M.M., Smith et al
J.A., Everett, J.D., Verges, A. & Suthers, I.M.
Fish and Fisheries
2020
Cresswell, A.K., Langlois et al
T.J., Wilson, S.K., Claudet, J., Thomson, D.P., Renton, M., Fulton, C.J., Fisher, R., Vanderklift, M.A., Babcock, R.C., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Haywood, M.D.E., Depczynski, M., Westera, M., Ayling, A.M., Fitzpatrick, B., Halford, A.R., McLean, D.L., Pillans, R.D., Cheal, A.J., Tinkler, P., Edgar, G.J., Graham, N.A.J., Harvey, E.S. & Holmes, T.H.
Biological Conservation
2019
Beger, M., Wendt et al
H., Sullivan, J., Mason, C., LeGrand, J., Davey, K., Jupiter, S., Ceccarelli, D.M., Dempsey, A., Edgar, G., Feary, D.A., Fenner, D., Gauna, M., Grice, H., Noor Kirmani, S., Mangubhai, S., Purkis, S., Richards, Z.T., Rotjan, R., Stuart-Smith, R., Sykes, H., Yakub, N., Bauman, A.G., Hughes, A., Raubani, J., Lewis, A. & Fernandes, L.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
2020
Audzijonyte, A., Richards et al
S.A., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Pecl, G., Edgar, G.J., Barrett, N.S., Payne, N. & Blanchard, J.L.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
2020
Cinner, J.E., Zamborain-Mason et al
J., Gurney, G.G., Graham, N.A.J., MacNeil, M.A., Hoey, A.S., Mora, C., Villeger, S., Maire, E., McClanahan, T.R., Maina, J.M., Kittinger, J.N., Hicks, C.C., D'agata, S., Huchery, C., Barnes, M.L., Feary, D.A., Williams, I.D., Kulbikci, M., Vigliola, L., Wantiez, K., Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Sandin, S.A., Green, A.L., Beger, M., Friedlander, A.M., Wilson, S.K., Brokovich, E., Brooks, A.J., Cruz-Motta, J.J., Booth, D.J., Chabanet, P., Tupper, M., Ferse, S.C.A., Sumaila, U.R., Hardt, M.J. & Mouillot, D.
Science
2020
Edgar, G.J., Ceccarelli et al
D., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Cooper, A.T.
2017
Edgar, G.J., Ceccarelli et al
D., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Cooper, A.T.
2017
Edgar, G.J., Ceccarelli et al
D., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Cooper, A.T.
2017
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Ceccarelli et al
D., Edgar, G.J. & Cooper, A.T.
2017
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Ceccarelli et al
D., Edgar, G.J. & Cooper, A.T.
2017
Edgar, G.J., Ceccarelli et al
D., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Cooper, A.T.
2017
Edgar, G.J., Ceccareli et al
D.M. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
2017
Stuart-Smith, R., Ceccarelli et al
D., Day, P., Edgar, G., Cooper, A., Oh, L. & Mellin, C.
2020

Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Edgar, G.J.
2017
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar et al
G.J., Cooper, A.T., Gudge, S. & Ceccarelli, D.
2019
Edgar, G.J., Ceccarelli et al
D., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Cooper, A. T.
2018

Dornelas, et a.
Global Ecology & Biogeography
2018
McClanahan, T.R., Schroeder et al
R.E., Friedlander, A.M., Vigliola, L., Wantiez, L., Caselle, J.E., Graham, N.A.J., Wilson, S., Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Oddenyo, R.M. & Cinner, J.E.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
2019
Barneche, D.R., Rezende et al
E.L., Parravicini, V., Maire, E., Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Arias-Gonzalez, J.E., Ferreira, C.E.L., Friedlander, A.M., Green, A.L., Luiz, O.J., Rodriguez-Zaragoza, F.A., Vigliola, L., Kulbicki, M. & Floeter, S.R.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
2019
Waldock, C., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Edgar, G.J., Bird, T.J. & Bates, A.E.
Ecology Letters
2019

Edgar, G.J. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS)
2009

Edgar, G. & Stuart-Smith, R.
2009
Stuart-Smith, R., Stuart-Smith et al
J., Cooper, A. & Edgar, G.
2009
Edgar, G.J., Barrett et al
N.S. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
Ecological Applications
2009
Edgar, G.J., Davey et al
A., Kelly, G., Mawbey, R.B. & Parsons, K.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems
2009

Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Edgar, G.J.
2011
Beger, M., Babcock et al
R., Booth, D.J., Bucher, D., Condie, S.A., Creese, B., Cvitanovic, C., Dalton, S.J., Harrison, P., Hoey, A., Jordan, A., Loder, J., Malcolm, H., Purcell, S.W., Roelfsma, C., Sachs, P., Smith, S.D.A., Sommer, B., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Thomson, D., Wallace, C.C., Zann, M. & Pandolfi, J.M.
Ecological Management & Restoration
2011
Mora, C., Aburto-Oropeza et al
O., Bocos, A.A., Ayotte, P.M., Banks, S., Bauman, A.G., Beger, M., Bessudo, S., Booth, D.J., Brokovich, E., Brooks, A., Chabanet, P., Cinner, J.E., Cortes, J., Cruz-Motta, J.J., Magana, A.C., DeMartini, E.E., Edgar, G.J., Feary, D.A., Ferse, S.C.A., Friedlander, A.M., Gaston, K.J., Gough, C., Graham, N.A.J., Green, A., Guzman, H., Hardt, M., Kulbicki, M., Letourneur, Y., Perez, A.L., Loreau, M., Loya, Y., Martinez, C., Mascarenas-Osorio, I., Morove, T., Nadon, M.O., Nakamura, Y., Paredes, G., Polunin, N.V.C., Pratchett, M.S., Bonilla, H.R., Tessier, E., Tittensor, D.P., Tupper, M., Ussglio, P., Vigliola, L., Wantiez, L., Williams, I., Wilson, S.K. & Zapata, F.A.
PLOS Biology
2011
Cooper, A.T., Green et al
M.A., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Valentine, J.P., Einoder, L.D., Barrett, N.S. & Stalker, M.D.
Green, M.A., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Valentine, J.P., Einoder, L.D., Barrett, N.S., Cooper, A.T. & Stalker, M.D.
2012
Day, P., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Edgar, G., Shortland-Jones, H., Friedman, K. & Bellchambers, L.
2013
Day, P., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Edgar, G., Friedman, K., Holmes, T. & Bellchambers, L.
2013
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Crawford et al
T., Cooper, A., Kininmonth, A., Stuart-Smith, J., Berkhout, J. & Edgar, G.
2013
Edgar, G., Stuart-Smith et al
R., Thomson, R., Freeman, D. & Southwood, P.
2013
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Bates et al
A.E., Lefcheck, J.S., Duffy, J.E., Baker, S.C., Thomson, R.J., Stuart-Smith, J.F., Hill, N.A., Kininmonth, S.J., Airoldi, L., Becerro, M.A., Campbell, S.J., Dawson, T.P., Navarette, S.A., Soler, G.A., Strain, E.M.A., Willis, T.J. & Edgar, G.J.
Nature
2013
Barrett, N., Bates et al
A., Beger, M., Stuart-Smith, R., Syms, C., Holbrook, N., Knott, N., Booth, D., Kelaher, B., Howe, S., Buxton, C. & Edgar, G.
2014
Bates, A.E., Barrett et al
N.S., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Holbrook, N.J., Thompson, P.A. & Edgar, G.J.
Nature Climate Change
2014
Bird, T.J., Bates et al
A.E., Lefcheck, J.S., Hill, N.A., Thomson, R.J., Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Wotherspoon, S., Krkosek, M., Stuart-Smith, J.F., Pecl, G.T., Barrett, N. & Frusher, S.
Biological Conservation
2014
Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Willis, T.J., Kininmonth, S., Baker, S.C., Banks, S., Barrett, N.S., Becerro, M.A., Bernard, A.T.F., Berkhout, J., Buxton, C.D., Campbell, S.J., Cooper, A.T., Davey, M., Edgar, S.C., Forsterra, G., Galvan, D.E., Irigoyen, A.J., Kushner, D.J., Moura, R., Parnell, P.E., Shears, N.T., Soler, G., Strain, E.M.A. & Thomson, R.J.
Nature
2014

Edgar, G.J. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
Scientific Data
2014
Bates, A.E., Bird et al
T.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Wernberg, T., Sunday, J.M., Barrett, N.S., Edgar, G.J., Frusher, S., Hobday, A.J., Pecl, G.T., Smale, D.A. & McCarthy, M.
Biodiversity Research
2014
Edgar, G.J., Ceccarelli et al
D.M. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
2015
Edgar, G., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Cooper, A. & Jacques, M.
2015

Bax, N.J. & Hedge, P. [Eds.]
2015
Coleman, M.A., Bates et al
A.E., Stuart-Smith, R.D. Malcolm, H.A., Harasti, D., Jordan, A., Knott, N.A., Edgar, G.J. & Kelaher, B.P.
Biodiversity Research
2015
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar et al
G.J., Stuart-Smith, J.F., Barrett, N.S., Fowles, A.E., Hill, N.A., Cooper, A.T., Myers, A.P., Oh, E.S., Pocklington, J.B. & Thomson, R.J.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
2015
Oh, E.S., Edgar et al
G.J., Kirkpatrick, J.B., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Barrett, N.S.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
2015
Sunday, J.M., Pecl et al
G.T., Frusher, S., Hobday, A.J., Hill, N., Holbrook, N.J., Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Barrett, N., Wernberg, T., Watson, R.A., Smale, D.A., Fulton, E.A., Slawinski, D., Feng, M., Radford, B.T., Thompson, P.A. & Bates, A.E.
Ecology Letters
2015
Althaus, F., Hill et al
N., Ferrari, R., Edwards, L., Przeslawski, R., Schonberg, C.H.L., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Barrett, N., Edgar, G., Colquhoun, J., Tran, M., Jordan, A., Rees, T. & Gowlett-Holmes, K.
PLOS One
2015
Soler, G.A., Edgar et al
G.J., Thomson, R.J., Kininmonth, S., Campbell, S.J., Dawson, T.P., Barrett, N.S., Bernard, A.T.F., Galvan, D.E., Willis, T.J., Alexander, T.J. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
PLOS One
2015
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar et al
G.J., Barrett, N.S., Kininmonth, S.J. & Bates, A.E.
Nature
2015
Duffy, J.E., Lefcheck et al
J.S., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Navarrete, S.A. & Edgar, G.J.
PNAS
2016
Cinner, J.E., Hutchery et al
C., MacNeil, M.A., Graham, N.A.J., McClanahan, T.R., Maina, J., Maire, E., Kittinger, J.N., Hicks, C.C., Mora, C., Allison, E.H., D'Agata, S., Hoey, A., Feary, D.A., Crowder, L., Williams, I.D., Kulbicki, M., Vigliola, L., Wantiez, L., Edgar, G., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Sandin, S.A., Green, A.L., Hardt, M., Beger, M., Friedlander, A., Campbell, S.J., Holmes, K.E., Wilson, S.K., Brokovich, E., Brooks, A.J., Cruz-Motta, J.J., Booth, D.J., Chanet, P., Gough, C., Tupper, M., Ferse, S.C.A., Sumaila, U.R. & Mouillot, D.
Nature
2016
Edgar, G.J., Bates et al
A.E., Bird, T.J., Jones, A.H., Kininmonth, S., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Webb, T.J.
Annual Review of Marine Science
2016
Mellin, C., Mouillot et al
D., Kulbicki, M., McClanahan, T.R., Vigliola, L., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Brainard, R.E., Chabanet, P., Edgar, G.J., Fordham, D.A., Friedlander, A.M., Parravicini, V., Sequeira, A.M.M., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Wantiez, L. & Caley, M.J.
Nature Communications
2016
Soler, G.A., Edgar et al
G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Smith, A.D.M. & Thomson, R.J.
Journal of Experimental Biology & Ecology
2016
Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Cooper, A., Jacques, M. & Valentine, J.
Biological Conservation
2017
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar et al
G.J., Barrett, N.S., Bates, A.E., Baker, S.C., Bax, N.J., Becerro, M.A., Berkhout, J., Blanchard, J.L., Brock, D.J., Clark, G.F., Cooper, A.T., Davis, T.R., Day, P.B., Duffy, E., Holmes, T.H., Howe, S.A., Jordan, A., Kininmonth, S., Knott, N.A., Lefcheck, J.S., Ling, S.D., Parr, A., Strain, E., Sweatman, H. & Thomson, R.
BioScience
2017
Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Thomson, R.J. & Freeman, D.J.
PLOS One
2017
Edgar, G.J., Alexander et al
T.J., Lefcheck, J.S., Bates, A.E., Kininmonth, S.J., Thomson, R.J., Duffy, E., Costello, M.J. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
Science Advances
2017
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar et al
G.J. & Bates, A.E.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
2017
Creswell, A.K., Edgar et al
G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Thomson, R.J., Barrett, N.S. & Johnson, C.R.
Global Ecology & Biogeography
2017
Ling, S.D., Davey et al
A., Reeves, S.E., Gaylard, S., Davies, P.L., Stuart-Smith, R.D. & Edgar, G.J.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
2018
Day, P.B., Stuart-Smith et al
R.D., Edgar, G.J. & Bates, A.E.
Biodiversity Research
2018
Campbell, S.J., Edgar et al
G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Soler, G. & Bates, A.E.
Conservation Biology
2018
Soler, G.A., Egar et al
G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Smith, A.D. & Thomson, R.J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS)
2018
Seemann, J., Yingst et al
A., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar, G.J. & Altieri, A.H.
PeerJ
2018
Cinner, J.E., Maire et al
E., Huchery, C., MacNeil, M.A., Graham, N.A.J., Mora, C., McClanahan, T.R., Barnes, M.L., Kittinger, J.N., Hicks, C.C., D'Agata, S., Hoey, A.S., Gurney, G.G., Feary, D.A., Williams, I.D., Kullbicki, M., Vigliola, L.,Wantiez, L., Edgar, G.J., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Sandin, S.A., Green, A., Hardt, M.J., Beger, M., Friedlander, A.M., Wilson, S.K., Brokovich, E., Brooks, A.J., Cruz-Motta, J.J., Sumaila, U.R., Pardede, S. & Mouillot, D.
PNAS
2018
Edgar, G.E., Ward et al
T.J. & Stuart-Smith, R.D.
Aquatic Conservation
2018
Salter, M.A., Perry et al
C.T., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Edgar, G.J., Wilson, R.W. & Harborne, A.R.
Geology
2018
Stuart-Smith, R.D., Brown et al
C.J., Ceccarelli, D.M. & Edgar, G.J.
Nature
2018
Strain, E.M.A., Edgar et al
G.J., Ceccarelli, D., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Hosack, G.R. & Thomson, R.J.
Diversity & Distributions
2018
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