Dr Nick Graham ~ Adjunct Professor

Dr Nick Graham tackles large-scale ecological and social-ecological coral reef issues under the overarching themes of climate change, human use and resilience.

He has worked extensively on the ecological ramifications of fishing and closed area management. He assessed the long-term impacts of climate induced coral bleaching on coral reef fish assemblages, fisheries and ecosystem stability.

He studies the patterns and processes by which degraded coral reefs recover, and how this can be incorporated into, or influenced by, management action. Increasingly, he works with social scientists and economists to assess methods of linking social-ecological systems for natural resource assessment and management.

Interests

Research

• Impacts of climate change on reef systems
• Predator prey dynamics
• Predicting recovery patterns in disturbed reef systems
• Linking social-ecological data
• Impacts of humans on fish behaviour

Research Disciplines

• Environmental Science and Management (0502)
• Ecology (0602)
• Ecological Applications (0501)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Ecosystem Assessment and Management (9605)
• Climate and Climate Change (9603)
• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Mbaru E, Graham N, McClanahan T and Cinner J (in press) Functional traits illuminate the selective impacts of different fishing gears on coral reefs. Journal of Applied Ecology, , DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.13547.
• Taylor B, Benkwitt C, Choat H, Clements K, Graham N and Meekan M (2020) Synchronous biological feedbacks in parrotfishes associated with pantropical coral bleaching. Global Change Biology, 26 (3), pp. 1285-1294, DOI:10.1111/gcb.14909.
• Barnes M, Bodin Ö, McClanahan T, Kittinger J, Hoey A, Gaoue O and Graham N (2019) Social-ecological alignment and ecological conditions in coral reefs. Nature Communications, 10, Article: 2039, DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-09994-1.
• Benkwitt C, Wilson S and Graham N (2019) Seabird nutrient subsidies alter patterns of algal abundance and fish biomass on coral reefs following a bleaching event. Global Change Biology, 25 (8), pp. 2619-2632, DOI:10.1111/gcb.14643.
• Cinner J, Lau J, Bauman A, Feary D, Januchowski-Hartley F, Rojas C, Barnes M, Bergseth B, Shum E, Lahari R, Ben J and Graham N (2019) Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (52), pp. 26474-26483, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1914812116.
• Dajka J, Wilson S, Robinson J, Chong-Seng K, Harris A and Graham N (2019) Uncovering drivers of juvenile coral density following mass bleaching. Coral Reefs, 38 (4), pp. 637-649, DOI:10.1007/s00338-019-01785-w.
• Darling E, McClanahan T, Maina J, Gurney G, Graham N, Januchowski-hartley F, Cinner J, Mora C, Hicks C, Maire E, Puotinen M, Skirving W, Adjeroud M, Ahmadia G, Arthur R, Bauman A, Beger M, Berumen M, Bigot L, Bouwmeester J, Brenier A, Bridge T, Brown E, Campbell S, Cannon S, Cauvin B, Chen C, Claudet J, Denis V, Donner S, Estradivari , Fadli N, Feary D, Fenner D, Fox H, Franklin E, Friedlander A, Gilmour J, Goiran C, Guest J, Hobbs J, Hoey A, Houk P, Johnson S, Jupiter S, Kayal M, Kuo C, Lamb J, Lee M, Low J, Muthiga N, Muttaqin E, Nand Y, Nash K, Nedlic O, Pandolfi J, Pardede S, Patankar V, Penin L, Ribas-Deulofeu L, Richards Z, Roberts T, Rodgers K, Safuan C, Sala E, Shedrawi G, Sin T, Smallhorn-West P, Smith J, Sommer B, Steinberg P, Sutthacheep M, Tan C, Williams G, Wilson S, Yeemin T, Bruno J, Fortin M, Krkosek M and Mouillot D (2019) Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, pp. 1341-1350, DOI:10.1038/s41559-019-0953-8.
• Fulton C, Abesamis R, Berkström C, Depczynski M, Graham N, Holmes T, Kulbicki M, Noble M, Radford B, Tano S, Tinkler P, Wernberg T and Wilson S (2019) Form and function of tropical macroalgal reefs in the Anthropocene. Functional Ecology, 33 (6), pp. 989-999, DOI:10.1111/1365-2435.13282.
• Hicks C, Cohen P, Graham N, Nash K, Allison E, D'Lima C, Mills D, Roscher M, Thilsted S, Thorne-Lyman A and MacNeil A (2019) Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies. Nature, 574 (7776), pp. 95-98, DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1592-6.
• Jouffray J, Wedding L, Norström A, Donovan M, Williams G, Crowder L, Erickson A, Friedlander A, Graham N, Gove J, Kappel C, Kittinger J, Lecky J, Oleson K, Selkoe K, White C, Williams I and Nyström M (2019) Parsing human and biophysical drivers of coral reef regimes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 286 (1896), Article: 20182544, DOI:10.1098/rspb.2018.2544.
• MacNeil M, Mellin C, Matthews S, Wolff N, McClanahan T, Devlin M, Drovandi C, Mengersen K and Graham N (2019) Water quality mediates resilience on the Great Barrier Reef. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (4), pp. 620-627, DOI:10.1038/s41559-019-0832-3.
• McClanahan T, Schroeder R, Friedlander A, Vigliola L, Wantiez L, Caselle J, Graham N, Wilson S, Edgar G, Stuart-Smith R, Oddenyo R and Cinner J (2019) Global baselines and benchmarks for fish biomass: comparing remote reefs and fisheries closures. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 612, pp. 167-192, DOI:10.3354/meps12874.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 165+ research outputs authored by Dr Nick Graham from 2003 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Completed

• Diffusion of a gear-based conservation innovation: adoption patterns and social - ecological outcomes (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Variation in structure and function of reef fish assemblages among distinct coral habitats (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Relationships among depth distributions, habitat specialisation and demography in coral reef fish communities (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Vulnerability to fishing in reef fishes that aggregate (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Coral reef mesopredator trophodynamics in response to reef condition (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)

These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit the JCU Research Data Catalogue.

• Barnes, M. (2019) Trophic interactions among key target reef fish in Kenya. James Cook University
• Richardson, L. (2018) PhD thesis data: Variation in structure and function of reef fish assemblages among distinct coral habitats, by Laura E. Richardson (2018). James Cook University
• Hempson, T. (2017) Data from: Regime shifts shorten food chains for mesopredators with potential sublethal effects. James Cook University
• Robinson, J. (2016) Expert interview data for a risk assessment of spawning aggregation fisheries . James Cook University
• Robinson, J. (2016) Rabbitfish fishery and spawning aggregation surveys in the Seychelles. James Cook University
• Robinson, J. (2016) Multi-species grouper spawning aggregation fishery study in Papua New Guinea. James Cook University
• Robinson, J. (2015) The role of fisher knowledge on the susceptibility of spawning aggregations to fishing: interview data from Papua New Guinea. James Cook University
• Graham, N. (2012) Coral reef benthic and fish surveys in the Chagos Archipelago. James Cook University
• Graham, N. (2012) Coral reef benthic and fish surveys in Papua New Guinea. James Cook University
• Graham, N. (2012) Coral reef benthic and fish surveys in the Inner Seychelles. James Cook University

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