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Scientific Publications
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2023
Harrison HB, Drane L, Berumen ML, Cresswell BJ, Evans RD, Galbraith GF, Srinivasan M, Taylor BM, Williamson DH, Jones GP. (2023). Ageing of juvenile coral grouper (Plectropomus maculatus) reveals year-round spawning and recruitment: implications for seasonal closures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20230584. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0584) Trianni M, DeMartini EE, Taylor BM. (2023). Life history characteristics and status of the Pacific yellowtail emperor, Lethrinus atkinsoni (Seale 1910), in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries 3: 165-174. (doi: 10.1002/aff2.100) 2022 Taylor BM, Duenas AEK, Lange ID. (2022). Decadal changes in parrotfish assemblages around reefs of Guam, Micronesia. Coral Reefs 41: 1693-1703. (doi: 10.1007/s00338-022-02315-x) Prince J, Harford WJ, Taylor BM, Lindfield SJ. (2022). Standard histological techniques systematically under-estimate the size fish start spawning. Fish and Fisheries 23: 1507-1516. (doi: 10.1111/faf.12702) Roche RC, Heenan A, Taylor BM, Schwarz JN, Fox MD, Southworth LK, Williams GJ, Turner JR. (2022). Linking variation in planktonic primary production to coral reef fish growth and condition. Royal Society Open Science 9: 201012. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.201012) Speed CW, Meekan MG, Birt MJ, Parsons MJ, McLean D, Taylor BM, Thomas L, McCauley R, Semmens JM, Newman SJ. (2022). Trophic structure and diet of predatory teleost fishes in a tropical demersal shelf ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 871611. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.871611) Zarco-Perello S, Fairclough D, Dowling C, DiBattista J, Austin R, Wernberg T, Taylor B. (2022). Maximization of fitness by phenological and phenotypic plasticity in range expanding rabbitfish (Siganidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 1666-1678. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13739) 2021 Lange ID, Benkwitt CE, McDevitt-Irwin JM, Tietjan KL, Taylor B, Chinkin M, Gunn RL, Palmisciano M, Steyaert M, Wilson B, East HK, Turner J, Graham NAJ, Perry CT. (2021). Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll. Coral Reefs 40: 1819-1829. (doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02184-w) Lowe JR, Payet SD, Harrison HB, Hobbs JPA, Hoey AS, Taylor BM, Sinclair-Taylor T, Pratchett MS. (2021). Regional versus latitudinal variation in the life-history traits and demographic rates of a reef fish, Centropyge bispinosa, in the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 99: 1602-1612. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.14865) DiBattista JD, Taylor BM, Hobbs JPA, Sinclair-Taylor TH, Coker DJ, Trip EDL, Choat JH, Lozano-Cortes D, Kandler NM, Berumen ML. (2021). Growth patterns of specialized reef fishes distributed across the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden. Environmental Biology of Fishes 104: 967-976. (doi: 10.1007/s10641-021-01129-0) Benkwitt CE, Taylor BM, Meekan MG, Graham NAJ. (2021). Natural nutrient subsidies alter demographic rates in a functionally important coral-reef fish. Scientific Reports 11: 12575. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91884-y) D'Agostino D, Burt JA, Santinelli V, Vaughan GO, Fowler A, Reader T, Taylor BM, Hoey AS, Cavalcante GH, Bauman AG, Feary DA. (2021). Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment. Coral Reefs 40: 433-446. (doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02061-6) Desbiens AA, Roff G, Robbins WD, Taylor BM, Castro-Sanguino C, Dempsey A, Mumby PJ. (2021). Revisiting the paradigm of shark-driven trophic cascades in coral reef ecosystems. Ecology 102: e03303. (doi: 10.1002/ecy.3303) Taylor BM, Wakefield CB, Newman SJ, Chinkin M, Meekan MG. (2021). Unprecedented longevity of unharvested shallow-water snappers in the Indian Ocean. Coral Reefs 40: 15-19. (doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-02032-3) Reed EM, Taylor BM. (2021). Life history of two data-poor but commercially valuable tropical reef fishes, Parupeneus barberinus and Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, from the Saipan fishery, Northern Mariana Islands. Marine and Freshwater Research 72: 383-397. (doi: 10.1071/MF20049) Rhodes KL, Baremore IE, Taylor BM, Cuetos-Bueno J, Hernandez D. (2021). Aligning fisheries management with life history in two commercially important groupers in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31: 605-619. (doi: 10.1002/aqc.3452) 2020 Pardee CB, Taylor BM, Felise S, Ochavillo D, Cuetos-Bueno J. (2020). Growth and maturation of three commercially important coral reef species from American Samoa. Fisheries Science 86: 985-993. (doi: 10.1007/s12562-020-01471-9) Hays GC, Koldewey HJ, Andrzenaczek S, Attrill MJ, Barley S, Bayley DTI, Benkwitt CE, Block B, Schallert RJ, Carlisle AB, Carr P, Chapple TK, Collins C, Diaz C, Dunn N, Dunbar RB, Eager DS, Engel J, Embling CB, Esteban N, Ferretti F, Foster NL, Freeman R, Gollock M, Graham NAJ, Harris JL, Head CEI, Hosegood P, Howell KL, Hussey NE, Jacoby DMP, Jones R, Sannassy Pilly S, Lange ID, Letessier TB, Levy E, Lindhart M, McDevitt-Irwin JM, Meekan M, Meeuwig JJ, Micheli F, Mogg AOM, Mortimer JA, Mucciarone DA, Nicoll MA, Nuno A, Perry CT, Preston SG, Rattray AJ, Robinson E, Roche RC, Schiele M, Sheehan EV, Sheppard A, Sheppard C, Smith AL, Soule B, Spalding M, Stevens GMW, Steyaert M, Stiffel S, Taylor BM, Tickler D, Trevail AM, Trueba P, Turner J, Votier S, Wilson B, Williams GJ, Williamson BJ, Williamson MJ, Wood H, Curnick DJ. (2020). A review of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges. Marine Biology 167: 159 (doi: 10.1007/s00227-020-03776-w) Payet SD, Lowe JR, Mapstone BD, Pratchett MS, Sinclair-Taylor TH, Taylor BM, Waldie PA, Harrison HB. (2020). Comparative demography of commercially important species of coral grouper, Plectropomus leopardus and P. laevis, from Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Marine Parks. Journal of Fish Biology 97: 1165-1176. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.14491) Meekan MG, Taylor BM, Lester E, Ferreira LC, Sequeira AMM, Dove A, Birt MJ, Aspinall A, Brooks K, Thums M. (2020). Asymptotic growth of whale sharks suggests sex-specific life-history strategies. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 575683. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.575683) Wakefield CB, Williams AJ, Fisher EA, Hall NG, Hesp SA, Halafihi T, Kaltavara J, Vourey E, Taylor BM, O'Malley JM, Nicol SJ, Wise BS, Newman SJ. (2020). Variations in life history characteristics of the deep-water giant ruby snapper (Etelis sp.) between the Indian and Pacific Oceans and application of a data-poor assessment. Fisheries Research 230: 105651. (doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105651) 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: 397-407. (doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-01903-z) Roos NC, Taylor BM, Carvalho AR, Longo GO. (2020). Demography of the largest and most endangered Brazilian parrotfish, Scarus trispinosus, reveals overfishing. Endangered Species Research 41: 319-327. (doi: 10.3354/esr01024) Taylor BM, Benkwitt CE, Choat JH, Clements KD, Graham NAJ, Meekan MG. (2020). Synchronous biological feedbacks in parrotfishes associated with pantropical coral bleaching. Global Change Biology 26: 1285-1294. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14909) 2019 O'Malley JM, Wakefield CB, Oyafuso ZS, Nichols RS, Taylor BM, Williams AJ, Sapatu M, Marsik M. (2019). Effects of exploitation evident in age-based demography of 2 deepwater snappers, the goldeneye jobfish (Pristipomoides flavipinnis) in the Samoa Archipelago and the goldflag jobfish (P. auricilla) in the Mariana Archipelago. Fishery Bulletin 117: 322-336. (doi: 10.7755/FB.117.4.5) Taylor BM, Choat JH, DeMartini EE, Hoey AS, Marshell A, Priest MA, Rhodes KL, Meekan MG. (2019). Demographic plasticity facilitates ecological and economic resilience in a commercially important reef fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 1888-1900. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13095) *Featured on the cover of the Dec 2019 issue Taylor BM. (2019). Standing out in a big crowd: high cultural and economic value of Naso unicornis in the insular Pacific. Fishes 4: 40. (doi: 10.3390/fishes4030040) Johnson GB, Taylor BM, Robbins WD, Franklin EC, Toonen R, Bowen B, Choat JH. (2019). Diversity and structure of parrotfish assemblages across the Northern Great Barrier Reef. Diversity 11: 14. (doi: 10.3390/d11010014) 2018 Taylor BM, Hamilton RJ, Almany GR, Choat JH. (2018). The world's largest parrotfish has slow growth and a complex reproductive ecology. Coral Reefs 37: 1197-1208. (doi: 10.1007/s00338-018-1723-9) Harborne AR, Green AL, Peterson NA, Beger M, Golbuu Y, Houk P, Spalding MD, Taylor BM, Terk E, Treml EA, Victor S, Vigliola L, Williams ID, Wolff NH, zu Ermgassen PSE, Mumby PJ. (2018). Modelling and mapping regional-scale patterns of fishing impact and fish stocks to support coral-reef management in Micronesia. Diversity and Distributions 24: 1729-1743. (doi: 10.1111/ddi.12814) Taylor BM, Oyafuso ZS, Pardee CB, Ochavillo D, Newman SJ. (2018). Comparative demography of commercially-harvested snappers and an emperor from American Samoa. PeerJ 6: e5069. (doi: 10.7717/peerj.5069) *Highlighted National Marine Fisheries Service article in the NOAA Scientific Publications Report Taylor BM, Trip EDL, Choat JH. (2018). Dynamic Demography: Investigations of Life-History Variation in the Parrotfishes. In: (Hoey AS, Bonaldo RM, eds) Biology of Parrotfishes pp. 69-98. (doi: 10.1201/9781315118079-4) Hoey AS, Taylor BM, Hoey J, Fox RJ. (2018). Parrotfishes, Are we still Scraping the Surface? Emerging Topics and Future Research Directions. In: (Hoey AS, Bonaldo RM, eds) Biology of Parrotfishes pp. 407-415. (doi: 10.1201/9781315118079-17) Taylor BM, Brandl SJ, Kapur M, Robbins WD, Johnson G, Huveneers C, Renaud P, Choat JH. (2018). Bottom-up processes mediated by social systems drive demographic traits of coral-reef fishes. Ecology 99: 642-651. (doi: 10.1002/ecy.2127) *Feature story at NOAA Fisheries DeMartini EE, Andrews AH, Howard KG, Taylor BM, Lou DC, Donovan MK. (2018). Comparative growth, age at maturity and sex change, and longevity of Hawaiian parrotfishes with bomb radiocarbon validation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75: 580-589 (doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0523) 2017 Taylor BM, Cruz E. (2017). Age-based and reproductive biology of the Pacific Longnose Parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps from Guam. PeerJ 5: e4079. (doi: 10.7717/peerj.4079) Taylor BM. (2017). Protogynous hermaphroditism. In (Vonk J, Shackelford TK, eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Springer. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1950-1) Taylor BM, Pardee CB. (2017). Growth and maturation of the redlip parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus. Journal of Fish Biology 90: 2452-2461. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.13309) Newman SJ, Wakefield CB, Williams AJ, O’Malley JM, Taylor BM, Nicol SJ, Nichols RS, Hesp A, Hall NG, Hill N, Ong JJL, Andrews AH, Wellington CM, Harvey ES, Mous P, Oyafuso ZS, Pardee C, Bunce M, DiBattista JD, Moore BR. (2017). International workshop on advancing methods to overcome challenges associated with life history and stock assessments of data-poor deep-water snappers and groupers. Marine Policy 79: 78-83. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.02.009) Winston MS, Taylor BM, Franklin EC. (2017). Intraspecific variability in the life history of endemic coral reef fishes between photic and mesophotic populations in the central Pacific Ocean. Coral Reefs 36: 663-674. (doi:10.1007/s00338-017-1559-8) Taylor BM, Oyafuso ZS, Trianni MS. (2017). Life history of the orange-stripe emperor Lethrinus obsoletus from the Mariana Islands. Ichthyological Research 64: 423-432. (doi:10.1007/s10228-017-0573-8) Taylor BM, Gourley J, Trianni MS. (2017). Age, growth, reproductive biology and spawning periodicity of the forktail rabbitfish (Siganus argenteus) from the Mariana Islands. Marine and Freshwater Research 68: 1088-1097. (doi: 10.1071/MF16169) Wakefield CB, O'Malley JM, Williams AJ, Taylor BM, Nichols R, Halafihi T, Humphreys R, Kaltavara J, Nicol SJ, Newman SJ. (2017). Ageing bias and precision for deep-water snappers: evaluating nascent otolith preparation methods using novel application of multivariate comparisons among readers and growth parameter estimates. ICES Journal of Marine Science 74: 193-203. (doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsw162) 2016 Newman SJ, Williams AJ, Wakefield CB, Nicol SJ, Taylor BM, O'Malley JM. (2016). Review of the life history characteristics, ecology and fisheries for deep-water tropical demersal fish in the Indo-Pacific region. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 26: 537-562. (doi: 10.1007/s11160-016-9442-1) Andrews AH, DeMartini EE, Eble JA, Taylor BM, Lou DC, Humphreys RL. (2016). Age and growth of bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis): a half-century life-span for a keystone browser, with a novel approach to bomb radiocarbon dating in the Hawaiian Islands. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73: 1575-1586. (doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0019) Wenger AS, Whinney J, Taylor B, Kroon F. (2016). The impact of individual and combined abiotic factors on daily otolith growth in a coral reef fish. Scientific Reports 6: 28875. (doi: 10.1038/srep28875) Rhodes KL, Taylor BM, Hernandez-Ortiz D, Cuetos-Bueno J. (2016). Growth and reproduction of the Highfin grouper Epinephelus maculatus. Journal of Fish Biology 88: 1856-1869. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.12953) Priest MA, DiBattista JD, McIlwain JL, Taylor BM, Hussey NE, Berumen ML. (2016). A bridge too far: dispersal barriers and cryptic speciation in an Arabian Peninsula grouper (Cephalopholis hemistiktos). Journal of Biogeography 43: 820-832. (doi: 10.1111/jbi.12681) 2015 Newman SJ, Wakefield CB, Williams AJ, O’Malley JM, Nicol SJ, DeMartini EE, Halafihi T, Kaltavara J, Humphreys RL, Taylor BM, Andrews AH, Nichols RS. (2015). International workshop on methodological evolution to improve estimates of life history parameters and fisheries management of data-poor deep-water snappers and groupers. Marine Policy 60: 182-185. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.06.020) Houk P, Camacho R, Johnson S, McLean M, Maxin S, Anson J, Joseph E, Nedlic O, Luckymis M, Adams K, Hess D, Lemari L, Kabua E, Buthung E, Yalon A, Graham C, Benavente D, Leberer T, Taylor B, van Woesik R. (2015). The Micronesia Challenge: assessing the relative contribution of stressors on coral reefs to facilitate science-to-management feedback. PLoS one 10(6): e0130823. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130823). Taylor BM, Lindfield SJ, Choat JH (2015) Hierarchical and scale-dependent effects of fishing pressure and environment on the structure and size distribution of parrotfish communities. Ecography 38: 520-530. (doi:10.1111/ecog.01093) 2014 Taylor BM, Houk P, Russ GR, Choat JH (2014) Life histories predict vulnerability to overexploitation in parrotfishes. Coral Reefs 33: 869-878. (doi:10.1007/s00338-014-1187-5) *Featured as a Highlighted Report in the December 2014 issue Taylor BM, Rhodes KL, Marshell A, McIlwain J (2014) Age-based demographic and reproductive assessment of orangespine, Naso lituratus, and bluespine, Naso unicornis, unicornfishes. Journal of Fish Biology 85: 901-916. (doi:10.1111/jfb.12479) Taylor BM, Choat JH (2014) Comparative demography of commercially important parrotfish species from Micronesia. Journal of Fish Biology 84: 383-402. (doi:10.1111/jfb.12294) Taylor BM (2014) Drivers of protogynous sex change differ across spatial scales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20132423. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2423) *Awarded the Virginia Chadwick Award within the CoE for Coral Reef Studies *Featured in the 2015 Australian Coral Reef Society newsletter 2013 Taylor BM, Mills JS (2013) Movement and spawning migration patterns suggest small marine reserves can offer adequate protection for exploited emperorfishes. Coral Reefs 32: 1077-1087. (doi:10.1007/s00338-013-1065-6) Rhodes KL, Taylor BM, Wichilmel CM, Joseph E, Hamilton RH, Almany G (2013) Reproductive biology of Squaretail coral grouper Plectropomus areolatus using age-based techniques. Journal of Fish Biology 82: 1333-1350. (doi:10.1111/jfb.12076) 2012 Taylor BM, McIlwain JL, Kerr AM (2012) Marine reserves and reproductive biomass: a case study of a heavily targeted reef fish. PLoS one 7(6): e39599. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039599) 2011 Rhodes KL, Taylor BM, McIlwain JL (2011) Detailed demographic analysis of an Epinephelus polyphekadion spawning aggregation and fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 421: 183-198. (doi:10.3354/meps08904) 2010 Taylor BM, McIlwain JL (2010) Beyond abundance and biomass: effects of marine protected areas on the demography of a highly exploited reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 411: 243-258. (doi:10.3354/meps08672) |
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Reports and theses
Houk P, Taylor B (2023) Population assessments for target coral reef fisheries species of Guam. Phase I. Data collection and initial summaries. Technical report prepared for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Regional Office, Habitat Conservataion Division and the Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources. 21 p.
Meekan M, Taylor B, Benkwitt C, Dunbar R, Graham N, Head C, Lange I, McDevitt-Irwin J (2019). The Bertarelli Program in Marine Science Reef 1 Expedition. Report prepared for Bertarelli Program in Marine Science. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth. 13 p.
O'Malley JM, Taylor BM, Andrews AH. (2016). Feasibility of Ageing Hawaiian Archipelago Uku (Aprion virescens). Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-16-06, 31 p.
Taylor BM. (2015). Environmental and fishery-induced effects on life histories and assemblages of parrotfishes. PhD thesis, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 143 pp.
Taylor BM, McIlwain JL. (2012). Reproductive biology of Lethrinus harak on Guam. University of Guam Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 140. 34 pages.
Taylor BM. (2010). Life history and per-recruit assessment of Lethrinus obsoletus from Guam. University of Guam Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 128. 16 pages.
Taylor BM, Halford A, Marshell AL, Priest MA. (2009). Quantitative Assessment of the Reef Fish Communities in Apra Harbor, Guam. Report to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. 15 pages.
McIlwain JL, Taylor BM. (2009). Parrotfish population dynamics from the Marianas Islands, with a description of the demographic and reproductive characteristics of Chlorurus sordidus. Report to the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council. 58 pages.
Taylor BM. (2008). The effects of protected area management on the population biology and reproduction of Lethrinus harak from the inshore waters of Guam. MSc thesis, University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam, 152 pp.
Meekan M, Taylor B, Benkwitt C, Dunbar R, Graham N, Head C, Lange I, McDevitt-Irwin J (2019). The Bertarelli Program in Marine Science Reef 1 Expedition. Report prepared for Bertarelli Program in Marine Science. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth. 13 p.
O'Malley JM, Taylor BM, Andrews AH. (2016). Feasibility of Ageing Hawaiian Archipelago Uku (Aprion virescens). Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-16-06, 31 p.
Taylor BM. (2015). Environmental and fishery-induced effects on life histories and assemblages of parrotfishes. PhD thesis, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 143 pp.
Taylor BM, McIlwain JL. (2012). Reproductive biology of Lethrinus harak on Guam. University of Guam Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 140. 34 pages.
Taylor BM. (2010). Life history and per-recruit assessment of Lethrinus obsoletus from Guam. University of Guam Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 128. 16 pages.
Taylor BM, Halford A, Marshell AL, Priest MA. (2009). Quantitative Assessment of the Reef Fish Communities in Apra Harbor, Guam. Report to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. 15 pages.
McIlwain JL, Taylor BM. (2009). Parrotfish population dynamics from the Marianas Islands, with a description of the demographic and reproductive characteristics of Chlorurus sordidus. Report to the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council. 58 pages.
Taylor BM. (2008). The effects of protected area management on the population biology and reproduction of Lethrinus harak from the inshore waters of Guam. MSc thesis, University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam, 152 pp.
