A contemporary baseline record of the world’s coral reefs

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dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Rivero, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorBeijbom, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorBailhache, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorBongaerts, Pim
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Kristen T.
dc.contributor.authorBryant, Dominic E. P.
dc.contributor.authorDalton, Peter
dc.contributor.authorDove, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorGanase, Anjani
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Emma V.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Catherine J. S.
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Marcano, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorNeal, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorRadice, Veronica Z.
dc.contributor.authorVercelloni, Julie
dc.contributor.authorBeyer, Hawthorne L.
dc.contributor.authorHoegh-Guldberg, Ove
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-13T22:32:42Z
dc.date.available2025-03-13T22:32:42Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAddressing the global decline of coral reefs requires effective actions from managers, policymakers and society as a whole. Coral reef scientists are therefore challenged with the task of providing prompt and relevant inputs for science-based decision-making. Here, we provide a baseline dataset, covering 1300 km of tropical coral reef habitats globally, and comprised of over one million geo-referenced, high-resolution photo-quadrats analysed using artificial intelligence to automatically estimate the proportional cover of benthic components. The dataset contains information on five major reef regions, and spans 2012–2018, including surveys before and after the 2016 global bleaching event. The taxonomic resolution attained by image analysis, as well as the spatially explicit nature of the images, allow for multi-scale spatial analyses, temporal assessments (decline and recovery), and serve for supporting image recognition developments. This standardised dataset across broad geographies offers a significant contribution towards a sound baseline for advancing our understanding of coral reef ecology and thereby taking collective and informed actions to mitigate catastrophic losses in coral reefs worldwide.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding for this project was also provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC Laureate and ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies to O.H.-G.). This project also received support from QRIScloud, the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF), and the Nectar Research Cloud supported by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
dc.identifier.citationRodriguez-Ramirez, A., González-Rivero, M., Beijbom, O., Bailhache, C., Bongaerts, P., Brown, K. T., Bryant, D. E. P., Dalton, P., Dove, S., Ganase, A., Kennedy, E. V., Kim, C. J. S., Lopez-Marcano, S., Neal, B. P., Radice, V. Z., Vercelloni, J., Beyer, H. L., & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2020). A contemporary baseline record of the world’s coral reefs. Scientific Data, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00698-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00698-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/21417
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherScientific Data
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectconservation biology
dc.subjectecosystem ecology
dc.subjectmarine biology
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.titleA contemporary baseline record of the world’s coral reefs
dc.typeArticle

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