54c24a5c-7d91-44cc-8892-e535262753bb urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T09:20:02 creation ISO 19115 2016 Chagos Archipelago - Bertarelli Program in Marine Science 54c24a5c-7d91-44cc-8892-e535262753bb 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. {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [72.10735788140425, -5.375835372959491]} 72.10735788140425 72.10735788140425 -5.375835372959491 -5.375835372959491 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 documentDigital 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 HTML 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 documentDigital 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 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) documentDigital 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) XLSX 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 documentDigital 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 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 documentDigital 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 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] documentDigital 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] XLSX 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] documentDigital 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] ZIP AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic