Publications
Book Chapters
Riginos, Cynthia and Beger, Maria (2022). Incorporating genetic measures of connectivity and adaptation in marine spatial planning for corals. Coral reef conservation and restoration in the omics age. (pp. 7-33) edited by Madeleine J. H. van Oppen and Manuel Aranda Lastra. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-07055-6_2
Reimer, James Davis, Wee, Hin Boo, López, Cataixa, Beger, Maria and Cruz, Igor Cristino Silva (2021). Widespread Zoanthus and Palythoa dominance, barrens, and phase shifts in shallow water subtropical and tropical marine ecosystems. Oceanography and marine biology: an annual review. (pp. 533-557) edited by S. J. Hawkins, A. J. Lemasson, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, M. Byrne, A. J. Evans, L. B. Firth, E. M. Marzinelli, B. D. Russell, I. P. Smith, S. E. Swearer and P. A. Todd. Boca Raton, FL, United Kingdom: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003138846-7
Bani, Alessia, De Brauwer, Maarten, Creer, Simon, Dumbrell, Alex J., Limmon, Gino, Jompa, Jamaluddin, von der Heyden, Sophie and Beger, Maria (2020). Informing marine spatial planning decisions with environmental DNA. Advances in Ecological Research. (pp. 375-407) edited by Alex J. Dumbrell, Edgar C. Turner and Tom M. Fayle. Maryland Heights, MO, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2020.01.011
Beger, Maria, Jacobson, Dean, Pinca, Silvia, Richards, Zoe, Hess, Don, Harriss, Frankie, Page, Cathie, Peterson, Eric and Baker, Nicole (2008). The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States. (pp. 387-416) edited by J. E. Waddell and A. M. Clarke. Silver Spring, United States: NOAA/NCCOS Centre for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Team.
Journal Articles
Zamborain-Mason, Jessica, Cinner, Joshua E., MacNeil, M. Aaron, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Hoey, Andrew S., Beger, Maria, Brooks, Andrew J., Booth, David J., Edgar, Graham J., Feary, David A., Ferse, Sebastian C. A., Friedlander, Alan M., Gough, Charlotte L. A., Green, Alison L., Mouillot, David, Polunin, Nicholas V. C., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Wantiez, Laurent, Williams, Ivor D., Wilson, Shaun K. and Connolly, Sean R. (2023). Sustainable reference points for multispecies coral reef fisheries. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 5368. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41040-z
Kim, Sun W., Sommer, Brigitte, Beger, Maria and Pandolfi, John M. (2023). Regional and global climate risks for reef corals: Incorporating species‐specific vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards. Global Change Biology, 29 (14), 4140-4151. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16739
Muenzel, Dominic, Critchell, Kay, Cox, Courtney, Campbell, Stuart J., Jakub, Raymond, Suherfian, Wahid, Sara, La, Chollett, Iliana, Treml, Eric A. and Beger, Maria (2023). Integrating larval connectivity into the marine conservation decision-making process across spatial scales. Conservation Biology, 37 (3) e14038, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14038
Cannon, Sara E., Donner, Simon D., Liu, Angela, González Espinosa, Pedro C., Baird, Andrew H., Baum, Julia K., Bauman, Andrew G., Beger, Maria, Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Birt, Matthew J., Chancerelle, Yannick, Cinner, Joshua E., Crane, Nicole L., Denis, Vianney, Depczynski, Martial, Fadli, Nur, Fenner, Douglas, Fulton, Christopher J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Guest, James, Harrison, Hugo B., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Hoey, Andrew S., Holmes, Thomas H., Houk, Peter, Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser A., Jompa, Jamaluddin, Kuo, Chao-Yang ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2023). Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs. Global Change Biology, 29 (12), 3318-3330. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16694
Miller, Mark G. R., Reimer, James D., Sommer, Brigitte, Cook, Katie M., Pandolfi, John M., Obuchi, Masami and Beger, Maria (2023). Temperate functional niche availability not resident-invader competition shapes tropicalisation in reef fishes. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2181, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37550-5
Muenzel, Dominic, Critchell, Kay, Cox, Courtney, Campbell, Stuart J., Jakub, Raymond, Chollett, Iliana, Krueck, Nils, Holstein, Daniel, Treml, Eric A. and Beger, Maria (2023). Comparing spatial conservation prioritization methods with site- versus spatial dependency-based connectivity. Conservation Biology, 37 (2) e14008. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14008
Limmon, Gino V., Masdar, Halwi, Muenzel, Dominic, Shalders, Tanika C., Djakiman, Cilun, Beger, Maria, Jompa, Jamaludin and De Brauwer, Maarten (2023). A cause for hope: largely intact coral-reef communities with high reef-fish biomass in a remote Indonesian island group. Marine and Freshwater Research, 74 (6), 479-490. doi: 10.1071/MF22075
Anderson, Louise, McLean, Matthew, Houk, Peter, Graham, Curtis, Kanemoto, Kriskitina, Terk, Elizabeth, McLeod, Elizabeth and Beger, Maria (2023). Co-variation of fish and coral traits in relation to habitat type and fishery status. Coral Reefs, 42 (2), 279-284. doi: 10.1007/s00338-022-02312-0
Tranter, Sylvie N., Estradivari, , Ahmadia, Gabby N., Andradi-Brown, Dominic A., Muenzel, Dominic, Agung, Firdaus, Amkieltiela, , Ford, Amanda K., Habibi, Abdullah, Handayani, Christian N., Iqbal, Mohamad, Krueck, Nils C., Lazuardi, Muhammad E., Muawanah, Umi, Papilaya, Renoldy L., Razak, Tries B., Sapari, Agus, Sjahruddin, Fikri F., Veverka, Laura, Yusri, Safran and Beger, Maria (2022). The inclusion of fisheries and tourism in marine protected areas to support conservation in Indonesia. Marine Policy, 146 105301, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105301
Auber, Arnaud, Waldock, Conor, Maire, Anthony, Goberville, Eric, Albouy, Camille, Algar, Adam C., McLean, Matthew, Brind’Amour, Anik, Green, Alison L., Tupper, Mark, Vigliola, Laurent, Kaschner, Kristin, Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen, Beger, Maria, Tjiputra, Jerry, Toussaint, Aurèle, Violle, Cyrille, Mouquet, Nicolas, Thuiller, Wilfried and Mouillot, David (2022). A functional vulnerability framework for biodiversity conservation. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 4774, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32331-y
Krueck, Nils C., Tong, Colm, Cox, Courtney, Treml, Eric A., Critchell, Kay, Chollett, Iliana, Adhuri, Dedi S., Beger, Maria, Muenzel, Dominic, Holstein, Daniel, Campbell, Stuart J. and Jakub, Raymond (2022). Benefits of measurable population connectivity metrics for area-based marine management. Marine Policy, 144 105210, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105210
Beger, Maria, Metaxas, Anna, Balbar, Arieanna C., McGowan, Jennifer A., Daigle, Remi, Kuempel, Caitlin D., Treml, Eric A. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2022). Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37 (12), 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.002
Dixon, Adele M., Puotinen, Marji, Ramsay, Hamish A. and Beger, Maria (2022). Coral Reef Exposure to Damaging Tropical Cyclone Waves in a Warming Climate. Earth's Future, 10 (8) e2021EF002600, 1-17. doi: 10.1029/2021EF002600
Chollett, Iliana, Escovar-Fadul, Ximena, Schill, Steven R., Croquer, Aldo, Dixon, Adele M., Beger, Maria, Shaver, Elizabeth, Pietsch McNulty, Valerie and Wolff, Nicholas H. (2022). Planning for resilience: Incorporating scenario and model uncertainty and trade-offs when prioritizing management of climate refugia. Global Change Biology, 28 (13), 4054-4068. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16167
Darnaude, Audrey M., Teff-Seker, Yael, Tanner, Susanne, López-López, Lucía, Hidalgo, Manuel, Beger, Maria, Türkmen, Ant, Volkaert, Filip and Hunter, Ewan (2022). The SEA-UNICORN European COST Action: advancing knowledge on marine connectivity to support transition to a sustainable blue economy. Marine Technology Society Journal, 56 (3), 134-135. doi: 10.4031/MTSJ.56.3.19
Anderson, Louise, Houk, Peter, Miller, Mark G. R., Cuetos-Bueno, Javier, Graham, Curtis, Kanemoto, Kriskitina, Terk, Elizabeth, McLeod, Elizabeth and Beger, Maria (2022). Trait groups as management entities in a complex, multispecies reef fishery. Conservation Biology, 36 (3) e13866, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13866
Zarzyczny, Karolina Magdalena, Watson, Katie Margaret, Verduyn, Clare Elizabeth, Reimer, James Davis, Mezaki, Takuma and Beger, Maria (2022). The role of herbivores in shaping subtropical coral communities in warming oceans. Marine Biology, 169 (5) 62. doi: 10.1007/s00227-022-04036-9
Cant, James, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto and Beger, Maria (2022). Transient demographic approaches can drastically expand the toolbox of coral reef science. Coral Reefs, 41 (4), 885-896. doi: 10.1007/s00338-022-02250-x
Cook, Katie M., Yamagiwa, Hirotaka, Beger, Maria, Masucci, Giovanni Diego, Ross, Stuart, Lee, Hui Yian Theodora, Stuart-Smith, Rick D. and Reimer, James Davis (2022). A community and functional comparison of coral and reef fish assemblages between four decades of coastal urbanisation and thermal stress. Ecology and Evolution, 12 (3) e8736. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8736
Capdevila, Pol, Stott, Iain, Cant, James, Beger, Maria, Rowlands, Gwilym, Grace, Molly and Salguero-Gómez, Roberto (2022). Life history mediates the trade-offs among different components of demographic resilience. Ecology Letters, 25 (6), 1566-1579. doi: 10.1111/ele.14004
Lachs, Liam, Chong, Fiona, Beger, Maria, East, Holly K., Guest, James R. and Sommer, Brigitte (2022). SizeExtractR: A workflow for rapid reproducible extraction of object size metrics from scaled images. Ecology and Evolution, 12 (3) e8724. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8724
Anderson, Louise, McLean, Matthew, Houk, Peter, Graham, Curtis, Kanemoto, Kriskitina, Terk, Elizabeth, McLeod, Elizabeth and Beger, Maria (2022). Decoupling linked coral and fish trait structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 689, 19-32. doi: 10.3354/meps14023
Blanco, Andreu, Beger, Maria, Planes, Serge, Miller, Mark and Olabarria, Celia (2021). Estimating benthic trophic levels to assess the effectiveness of marine protected area management. Science of the Total Environment, 790 148234, 148234. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148234
Blanco, Andreu, Beger, Maria and Olabarria, Celia (2021). First confirmed occurrence of codium fragile (Suringar) hariot in the iberian peninsula coast of portugal. BioInvasions Records, 10 (4), 789-795. doi: 10.3391/bir.2021.10.4.03
Lachs, Liam, Sommer, Brigitte, Cant, James, Hodge, Jessica M., Malcolm, Hamish A., Pandolfi, John M. and Beger, Maria (2021). Linking population size structure, heat stress and bleaching responses in a subtropical endemic coral. Coral Reefs, 40 (3), 777-790. doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02081-2
Nolan, Megan K.B., Kim, Catherine J.S., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove and Beger, Maria (2021). The benefits of heterogeneity in spatial prioritisation within coral reef environments. Biological Conservation, 258 109155, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109155
Razak, Tries B., Ramadhani, Bilqis A., Corni, Sarra, Roelfsema, Chris, Markey, Kathryn, Bambic, Brianna, De Brauwer, Maarten, Masdar, Halwi, Purnama, Ray, Dumbrell, Alex J., Jompa, Jamaluddin, Limmon, Gino V., Beger, Maria and Fox, Helen E. (2021). Large scale study of benthic communities in Eastern Indonesia’s reef systems. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 44 101731, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101731
Beger, Maria (2021). Accepting the loss of habitat specialists in a changing world. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (5), 556-557. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01402-6
Dixon, Adele M, Forster, Piers M and Beger, Maria (2021). Coral conservation requires ecological climate-change vulnerability assessments. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19 (4), 243-250. doi: 10.1002/fee.2312
McLeod, Elizabeth, Shaver, Elizabeth C., Beger, Maria, Koss, Jennifer and Grimsditch, Gabriel (2021). Using resilience assessments to inform the management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 277 111384, 111384. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111384
Nielsen, Erica S., Beger, Maria, Henriques, Romina and von der Heyden, Sophie (2020). A comparison of genetic and genomic approaches to represent evolutionary potential in conservation planning. Biological Conservation, 251 108770, 108770. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108770
Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Beger, Maria, Gallagher, Rachael V., Shanahan, Danielle F., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change. Conservation Biology, 35 (3) cobi.13643, 775-783. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13643
Cant, James, Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, Kim, Sun W., Sims, Carrie A., Sommer, Brigitte, Brooks, Maxime, Malcolm, Hamish A., Pandolfi, John M. and Beger, Maria (2020). The projected degradation of subtropical coral assemblages by recurrent thermal stress. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (1) 1365-2656.13340, 233-247. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13340
Capdevila, Pol, Stott, Iain, Beger, Maria and Salguero-Gómez, Roberto (2020). Towards a comparative framework of demographic resilience. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35 (9), 776-786. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.001
Capdevila, Pol, Beger, Maria, Blomberg, Simone P., Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina and Salguero-Gomez, Roberto (2020). Longevity, body dimension and reproductive mode drive differences in aquatic versus terrestrial life-history strategies. Functional Ecology, 34 (8) 1365-2435.13604, 1613-1625. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13604
Daigle, Rémi M., Metaxas, Anna, Balbar, Arieanna C., McGowan, Jennifer, Treml, Eric A., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Possingham, Hugh P. and Beger, Maria (2020). Operationalizing ecological connectivity in spatial conservation planning with Marxan connect. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11 (4) 2041-210X.13349, 570-579. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13349
Beger, Maria, Wendt, Hans, Sullivan, Jonah, Mason, Claire, LeGrand, Jimaima, Davey, Kate, Jupiter, Stacy, Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Dempsey, Alex, Edgar, Graham, Feary, David A., Fenner, Douglas, Gauna, Marian, Grice, Hannah, Kirmani, Sahar Noor, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Purkis, Sam, Richards, Zoe T., Rotjan, Randi, Stuart-Smith, Rick, Sykes, Helen, Yakub, Naushad, Bauman, Andrew G., Hughes, Alec, Raubani, Jason, Lewis, Adam and Fernandes, Leanne (2020). National-scale marine bioregions for the Southwest Pacific. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150 110710, 110710. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110710
Tittensor, Derek P., Beger, Maria, Boerder, Kristina, Boyce, Daniel G., Cavanagh, Rachel D., Cosandey-Godin, Aurelie, Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Dunn, Daniel C., Ghiffary, Wildan, Grant, Susie M., Hannah, Lee, Halpin, Patrick N., Harfoot, Mike, Heaslip, Susan G., Jeffery, Nicholas W., Kingston, Naomi, Lotze, Heike K., McGowan, Jennifer, McLeod, Elizabeth, McOwen, Chris J., O’Leary, Bethan C., Schiller, Laurenne, Stanley, Ryan R. E., Westhead, Maxine, Wilson, Kristen L. and Worm, Boris (2019). Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean. Science Advances, 5 (11) eaay9969, eaay9969. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9969
Kim, Sun W., Sampayo, Eugenia M., Sommer, Brigitte, Sims, Carrie A., Gómez‐Cabrera, Maria del C., Dalton, Steve J., Beger, Maria, Malcolm, Hamish A., Ferrari, Renata, Fraser, Nicola, Figueira, Will F., Smith, Stephen D. A., Heron, Scott F., Baird, Andrew H., Byrne, Maria, Eakin, C. Mark, Edgar, Robert, Hughes, Terry P., Kyriacou, Nicole, Liu, Gang, Matis, Paloma A., Skirving, William J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2019). Refugia under threat: mass bleaching of coral assemblages in high‐latitude eastern Australia. Global Change Biology, 25 (11) gcb.14772, 3918-3931. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14772
Darling, Emily S., McClanahan, Tim R., Maina, Joseph, Gurney, Georgina G., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser, Cinner, Joshua E., Mora, Camilo, Hicks, Christina C., Maire, Eva, Puotinen, Marji, Skirving, William J., Adjeroud, Mehdi, Ahmadia, Gabby, Arthur, Rohan, Bauman, Andrew G., Beger, Maria, Berumen, Michael L., Bigot, Lionel, Bouwmeester, Jessica, Brenier, Ambroise, Bridge, Tom C. L., Brown, Eric, Campbell, Stuart J., Cannon, Sara, Cauvin, Bruce, Chen, Chaolun Allen, Claudet, Joachim, Denis, Vianney ... Mouillot, David (2019). Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (9), 1341-1350. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0953-8
Vercammen, Ans, McGowan, Jennifer, Knight, Andrew T., Pardede, Shinta, Muttaqin, Efin, Harris, Jill, Ahmadia, Gabby, Estradivari,, Dallison, Thomas, Selig, Elizabeth and Beger, Maria (2019). Evaluating the impact of accounting for coral cover in large-scale marine conservation prioritizations. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (10) ddi.12957, 1564-1574. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12957
Kininmonth, Stuart, Weeks, Rebecca, Abesamis, Rene A., Bernardo, Lawrence Patrick C., Beger, Maria, Treml, Eric A., Williamson, David and Pressey, Robert L. (2019). Strategies in scheduling marine protected area establishment in a network system. Ecological Applications, 29 (1) e01820, e01820. doi: 10.1002/eap.1820
Beyer, Hawthorne L., Kennedy, Emma V., Beger, Maria, Chen, Chaolun Allen, Cinner, Joshua E., Darling, Emily S., Eakin, C. Mark, Gates, Ruth D., Heron, Scott F., Knowlton, Nancy, Obura, David O., Palumbi, Stephen R., Possingham, Hugh P., Puotinen, Marji, Runting, Rebecca K., Skirving, William J., Spalding, Mark, Wilson, Kerrie A., Wood, Sally, Veron, John E. and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2018). Risk-sensitive planning for conserving coral reefs under rapid climate change. Conservation Letters, 11 (6) e12587, e12587. doi: 10.1111/conl.12587
Jones, Kendall R., Maina, Joseph M., Kark, Salit, McClanahan, Timothy R., Klein, Carissa J. and Beger, Maria (2018). Incorporating feasibility and collaboration into large-scale planning for regional recovery of coral reef fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 604, 211-222. doi: 10.3354/meps12743
Takashina, Nao, Beger, Maria, Kusumoto, Buntarou, Rathnayake, Suren and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). A theory for ecological survey methods to map individual distributions. Theoretical Ecology, 11 (3), 379-381. doi: 10.1007/s12080-018-0383-2
Harborne, Alastair R., Green, Alison L., Peterson, Nate A., Beger, Maria, Golbuu, Yimnang, Houk, Peter, Spalding, Mark D., Taylor, Brett M., Terk, Elizabeth, Treml, Eric A., Victor, Steven, Vigliola, Laurent, Williams, Ivor D., Wolff, Nicholas H., zu Ermgassen, Philine S.E. and Mumby, Peter J. (2018). Modelling and mapping regional-scale patterns of fishing impact and fish stocks to support coral-reef management in Micronesia. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (12), 1729-1743. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12814
Cinner, Joshua E., Maire, Eva, Huchery, Cindy, MacNeil, M. Aaron, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Mora, Camilo, McClanahan, Tim R., Barnes, Michele L., Kittinger, John N., Hicks, Christina C., D'Agata, Stephanie, Hoey, Andrew S., Gurney, Georgina G., Feary, David A., Williams, Ivor D., Kulbicki, Michel, Vigliola, Laurent, Wantiez, Laurent, Edgar, Graham J., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Sandin, Stuart A., Green, Alison, Hardt, Marah J., Beger, Maria, Friedlander, Alan M., Wilson, Shaun K., Brokovich, Eran, Brooks, Andrew J., Cruz-Motta, Juan J. ... Mouillot, David (2018). Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (27), E6116-E6125. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1708001115
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McGowan, Jennifer, Mills, Morena, Beger, Maria, Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Charles, Anthony, Christie, Patrick, Fox, Matthew, Garcia-Borboroglu, Pablo, Gelcich, Stefan, Guidetti, Paolo, Mackelworth, Peter, Maina, Joseph M., McCook, Laurence, Micheli, Fiorenza, Morgan, Lance E., Mumby, Peter J., Reyes, Laura M., White, Alan, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Revisiting "success" and "failure" of marine protected areas: a conservation scientist perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 (JUN) 223. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00223
Takashina, Nao, Beger, Maria, Kusumoto, Buntarou, Rathnayake, Suren and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). A theory for ecological survey methods to map individual distributions. Theoretical Ecology, 11 (2), 213-223. doi: 10.1007/s12080-017-0359-7
Takashina, Nao, Kusumoto, Buntarou, Beger, Maria, Rathnayake, Suren and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Spatially explicit approach to estimation of total population abundance in field surveys. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 453, 88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.05.013
Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Munguía-Vega, Adrián, Beger, Maria, Del Mar Mancha-Cisneros, Maria, Suárez-Castillo, Alvin N., Gurney, Georgina G., Pressey, Robert L., Gerber, Leah R., Morzaria-Luna, Hem Nalini, Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor, Adams, Vanessa M., Kolb, Melanie, Graham, Erin M., VanDerWal, Jeremy, Castillo-López, Alejandro, Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo, Petatán-Ramírez, David, Moreno-Baez, Marcia, Godínez-Reyes, Carlos R. and Torre, Jorge (2018). Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming. Global Change Biology, 24 (2), e671-e691. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13989
Zinke, Jens, Gilmour, James P., Fisher, Rebecca, Puotinen, Marji, Maina, Joseph, Darling, Emily, Stat, Michael, Richards, Zoe T., Mcclanahan, Timothy R., Beger, Maria, Moore, Cordelia, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Feng, Ming, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Evans, Scott N., Field, Stuart, Shedrawi, George, Babcock, Russ C. and Wilson, Shaun K. (2018). Gradients of disturbance and environmental conditions shape coral community structure for south-eastern Indian Ocean reefs. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (5), 605-620. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12714
McGowan, Jennifer, Bode, Michael, Holden, Matthew H., Davis, Katrina, Krueck, Nils C., Beger, Maria, Yates, Katherine L. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Ocean zoning within a sparing versus sharing framework. Theoretical Ecology, 11 (2), 245-254. doi: 10.1007/s12080-017-0364-x
Levin, Noam, Beger, Maria, Maina, Joseph, McClanahan, Tim and Kark, Salit (2018). Evaluating the potential for transboundary management of marine biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 25 (1), 62-85. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2017.1417167
Saunders, Megan, Bode, Michael, Atkinson, Scott, Klein, Carissa, Metaxas, Anna, Beher, Jutta, Beger, Maria, Mills, Morena, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Tulloch, Vivitskaia and Possingham, Hugh (2017). Simple rules can guide whether land- or ocean-based conservation will best benefit marine ecosystems. PLoS Biology, 15 (9) e2001886, e2001886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001886
Reynolds, Samantha D., Norman, Bradley M., Beger, Maria, Franklin, Craig E. and Dwyer, Ross G. (2017). Movement, distribution and marine reserve use by an endangered migratory giant. Diversity and Distributions, 23 (11), 1268-1279. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12618
Sommer, Brigitte, Sampayo, Eugenia M., Beger, Maria, Harrison, Peter L., Babcock, Russ and Pandolfi, John M. (2017). Local and regional controls of phylogenetic structure at the high-latitude range limits of corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 284 (1861) 20170915, 20170915. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0915
Jumin, Robecca, Binson, Augustine, McGowan, Jennifer, Magupin, Sikula, Beger, Maria, Brown, Christopher J., Possingham, Hugh P. and Klein, Carissa (2017). From Marxan to management: ocean zoning with stakeholders for Tun Mustapha Park in Sabah, Malaysia. ORYX, 52 (04), 775-786. doi: 10.1017/S0030605316001514
Sommer, Brigitte, Beger, Maria, Harrison, Peter L. , Babcock, Russ C. and Pandolfi, John M. (2017). Differential response to abiotic stress controls species distributions at biogeographic transition zones. Ecography, 41 (3), 478-490. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02986
Martin, Tyson S. H., Connolly, Rod M., Olds, Andrew D., Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Fenner, Douglas E., Schlacher, Thomas A. and Beger, Maria (2017). Subsistence harvesting by a small community does not substantially compromise coral reef fish assemblages. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 74 (8), 2191-2200. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsx043
Hughes, Terry P., Kerry, James T., Alvarez-Noriega, Mariana, Alvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Anderson, Kristen D., Baird, Andrew H., Babcock, Russell C., Beger, Maria, Bellwood, David R., Berkelmans, Ray, Bridge, Tom C., Butler, Ian R., Byrne, Maria, Cantin, Neal E., Comeau, Steeve, Connolly, Sean R., Cumming, Graeme S., Dalton, Steven J., Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Eakin, C. Mark, Figueira, Will F., Gilmour, James P., Harrison, Hugo B., Heron, Scott F., Hoey, Andrew S., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Hoogenboom, Mia O., Kennedy, Emma V., Kuo, Chao-yang ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2017). Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals. Nature, 543 (7645), 373-377. doi: 10.1038/nature21707
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Kuempel, Caitlin D., McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria and Possingham, Hugh P. (2017). Methods for calculating protection equality for conservation planning. PLoS One, 12 (2) e0171591, e0171591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171591
Baldwin, Claudia, Lewison, Rebecca L., Lieske, Scott N., Beger, Maria, Hines, Ellen, Dearden, Phil, Rudd, Murray A., Jones, Christian, Satumanatpan, Suvaluck and Junchompoo, Chalatip (2016). Using the DPSIR framework for transdisciplinary training and knowledge elicitation in the Gulf of Thailand. Ocean and Coastal Management, 134, 163-172. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.005
Roelfsema, Chris, Thurstan, Ruth, Beger, Maria, Dudgeon, Christine, Loder, Jennifer, Kovacs, Eva, Gallo, Michele, Flower, Jason, Gomez Cabrera, K-le, Ortiz, Juan, Lea, Alexandra and Kleine, Diana (2016). A citizen science approach: a detailed ecological assessment of subtropical reefs at Point Lookout, Australia. PLoS One, 11 (10) e0163407, e0163407. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163407
Cinner, Joshua E., Huchery, Cindy, MacNeil, M. Aaron, Graham, Nicholas A. J., McClanahan, Tim R., Maina, Joseph, Maire, Eva, Kittinger, John N., Hicks, Christina C., Mora, Camilo, Allison, Edward H., D'Agata, Stephanie, Hoey, Andrew, Feary, David A., Crowder, Larry, Williams, Ivor D., Kulbicki, Michel, Vigliola, Laurent, Wantiez, Laurent, Edgar, Graham, Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Sandin, Stuart A., Green, Alison L., Hardt, Marah J., Beger, Maria, Friedlander, Alan, Campbell, Stuart J., Holmes, Katherine E., Wilson, Shaun K. ... Mouillot, David (2016). Bright spots among the world's coral reefs. Nature, 535 (7612), 416-419. doi: 10.1038/nature18607
Boon, Pei Ya and Beger, Maria (2016). The effect of contrasting threat mitigation objectives on spatial conservation priorities. Marine Policy, 68, 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.02.010
Hunter, Malcolm Jr., Westgate, Martin, Barton, Philip, Calhoun, Aram, Pierson, Jennifer, Tulloch, Ayesha, Beger, Maria, Branquinho, Cristina, Caro, Tim, Gross, John, Heino, Jani, Lane, Peter, Longo, Catherine, Martin, Kathy, McDowell, William H., Mellin, Camille, Salo, Hanna and Lindenmayer, David (2016). Two roles for ecological surrogacy: indicator surrogates and management surrogates. Ecological Indicators, 63, 121-125. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.049
McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria, Lewison, Rebecca L., Harcourt, Rob, Campbell, Hamish, Priest, Mark, Dwyer, Ross G., Lin, Hsien-Yung, Lentini, Pia, Dudgeon, Christine, McMahon, Clive, Watts, Matt and Possingham, Hugh P. (2016). Integrating research using animal-borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (2), 423-429. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12755
Lewison, Rebecca L., Rudd, Murray A., Al-Hayek, Wissam, Baldwin, Claudia, Beger, Maria, Lieske, Scott N., Jones, Christian, Satumanatpan, Suvaluck, Junchompoo, Chalatip and Hines, Ellen (2016). How the DPSIR framework can be used for structuring problems and facilitating empirical research in coastal systems. Environmental Science and Policy, 56, 110-119. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.11.001
Mazor, Tessa, Beger, Maria, McGowan, Jennifer, Possingham, Hugh P. and Kark, Salit (2016). The value of migration information for conservation prioritization of sea turtles in the Mediterranean. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25 (5), 540-552. doi: 10.1111/geb.12434
Klein, Carissa J., Brown, Christopher J., Halpern, Benjamin S., Segan, Daniel B., McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria and Watson, James E.M. (2015). Shortfalls in the global protected area network at representing marine biodiversity. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 17539, 17539. doi: 10.1038/srep17539
Peirson, William, Davey, Erica, Jones, Alan, Hadwen, Wade, Bishop, Keith, Beger, Maria, Capon, Samantha, Fairweather, Peter, Creese, Bob, Smith, Timothy F., Gray, Leigh and Tomlinson, Rodger (2015). Opportunistic management of estuaries under climate change: a new adaptive decision-making framework and its practical application. Journal of Environmental Management, 163 (Pt 1), 214-223. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.08.021
Brown, Christopher J., White, Crow, Beger, Maria, Grantham, Hedley S., Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Mumby, Peter J., Tulloch, Vivitskaia J.D., Ruckelshaus, Mary and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Fisheries and biodiversity benefits of using static versus dynamic models for designing marine reserve networks. Ecosphere, 6 (10) 182, 182.1-182.14. doi: 10.1890/ES14-00429.1
Beger, Maria, McGowan, Jennifer, Treml, Eric A., Green, Alison L., White, Alan T., Wolff, Nicholas H., Klein, Carissa J., Mumby, Peter J. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Integrating regional conservation priorities for multiple objectives into national policy. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8208, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9208
Lindenmayer, David, Pierson, Jennifer, Barton, Philip, Beger, Maria, Branquinho, Cristina, Calhoun, Aram, Caro, Tim, Greig, Hamish, Gross, John, Heino, Jani, Hunter, Malcolm, Lane, Peter, Longo, Catherine, Martin, Kathy, McDowell, William H, Mellin, Camille, Salo, Hanna, Tulloch, Ayesha and Westgate, Martin (2015). A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates. Science of the Total Environment, 538, 1029-1038. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.056
Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Tulloch, Ayesha, Visconti, Piero, Halpern, Benjamin S., Watson, James E. M., Evans, Megan C., Auerbach, Nancy A., Barnes, Megan, Beger, Maria, Chadès, Iadine, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Murray, Nicholas J., Ringma, Jeremy and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Why do we map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13 (2), 91-99. doi: 10.1890/140022
Simpson, C. J., Beger, M., Colman, J. G., Friedman, K. J., Hill, A. K., Kendrick, A. J., Waples, K. A., Whiting, S. D. and Wilson, S. K. (2015). Prioritisation of conservation research and monitoring for Western Australian protected areas and threatened species. Conservation Science Western Australia, 9 (3), 227-237.
Makino, Azusa, Klein, Carissa J., Possingham, Hugh P., Yamano, Hiroya, Yara, Yumiko, Ariga, Toshinori, Matsuhasi, Keisuke and Beger, Maria (2014). The effect of applying alternate IPCC climate scenarios to marine reserve design for range changing species. Conservation Letters, 8 (5), 320-328. doi: 10.1111/conl.12147
Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a
Sommer, Brigitte, Harrison, Peter L., Beger, Maria and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). Trait-mediated environmental filtering drives assembly at biogeographic transition zones. Ecology, 95 (4), 1000-1009. doi: 10.1890/13-1445.1
Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Frisch, Ashley J., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Ayling, Anthony M. and Beger, Maria (2014). Habitat partitioning and vulnerability of sharks in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 24 (1), 169-197. doi: 10.1007/s11160-013-9324-8
Hobbs, J.- P. A., Beger, M., De Brauwer, M. and Emslie, M. (2014). Northeastern range extension of the anemone Stichodactyla haddoni to the Marshall Islands represents a new record of host use by the endemic anemonefish Amphiprion tricinctus.. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7 e106, e106-e106. doi: 10.1017/S1755267214001055
Makino, Azusa, Yamano, Hiroya, Beger, Maria, Klein, Carissa J., Yara, Yumiko and Possingham, Hugh P. (2014). Spatio-temporal marine conservation planning to support high-latitude coral range expansion under climate change. Diversity and Distributions, 20 (8), 859-871. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12184
Beger, Maria, Selkoe, Kimberly A., Treml, Eric, Barber, Paul H., von der Heyden, Sophie, Crandall, Eric D., Toonen, Robert J. and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 159-185. doi: 10.5343/bms.2012.1106
von der Heyden, Sophie, Beger, Maria, Toonen, Robert J., van Herwerden, Lynne, Juinio-Menez, Marie Antonette, Ravago-Gotanco, Rachel, Fauvelot, Cecile and Bernardi, Giacomo (2014). The application of genetics to marine management and conservation: examples from the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 123-158. doi: 10.5343/bms.2012.1079
Beger, Maria, Sommer, Brigitte, Harrison, Peter L., Smith, Stephen D. A. and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). Conserving potential coral reef refuges at high latitudes. Diversity and Distributions, 20 (3), 245-257. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12140
Makino, Azusa, Klein, Carissa J., Beger, Maria, Jupiter, Stacy D. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2013). Incorporating Conservation Zone Effectiveness for Protecting Biodiversity in Marine Planning. PloS One, 8 (11) e78986, e78986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078986
Makino, Azusa, Beger, Maria, Klein, Carissa J., Jupiter, Stacy D. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2013). Integrated planning for land-sea ecosystem connectivity to protect coral reefs. Biological Conservation, 165, 35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.05.027
Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Brown, Christopher J., Beger, Maria, Grantham, Hedley S., Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Ruckelshaus, Mary, Tulloch, Vivitskaia J., Watts, Matt, White, Crow and Possingham, Hugh P. (2013). Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (15), 6229-6234. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1217689110
Richards, Zoe and Beger, Maria (2013). Regional conservation status of scleractinian coral biodiversity in the republic of the marshall islands. Diversity, 5 (3), 522-540. doi: 10.3390/d5030522
Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi, Beger, Maria, Ceccarelli, Daniela, Richards, Zoe and Pratchett, Morgan (2013). Enigmatic declines of Australia's sea snakes from a biodiversity hotspot. Biological Conservation, 166, 191-202. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.004
Cvitanovic, C., Wilson, S. K., Fulton, C. J., Almany, G. R., Anderson, P., Babcock, R. C., Ban, N. C., Beeden, R. J., Beger, M., Cinner, J., Dobbs, K., Evans, L. S., Farnham, A., Friedman, K. J., Gale, K., Gladstone, W., Grafton, Q., Graham, N. A. J., Gudge, S., Harrison, P. L., Holmes, T. H., Johnstone, N., Jones, G. P., Jordan, A., Kendrick, A. J., Klein, C. J., Little, L. R., Malcolm, H. A., Morris, D. ... Williamson, D. H. (2013). Critical research needs for managing coral reef marine protected areas: perspectives of academics and managers. Journal of Environmental Management, 114, 84-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.051
McClanahan, Tim R., Donner, Simon D., Maynard, Jeffrey A., MacNeil, M. Aaron, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Maina, Joseph, Baker, Andrew C., Alemu I., Jahson B., Beger, Maria, Campbell, Stuart J., Darling, Emily S., Eakin, C. Mark, Heron, Scott F., Jupiter, Stacy D., Lundquist, Carolyn J., McLeod, Elizabeth, Mumby, Peter J., Paddack, Michelle J., Selig, Elizabeth R. and Woesik, Robert van (2012). Prioritizing key resilience indicators to support coral reef management in a changing climate. PLoS One, 7 (8) e42884, e42884.1-e42884.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042884
Richards, Zoe T. and Beger, Maria (2011). A quantification of the standing stock of macro-debris in Majuro lagoon and its effect on hard coral communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62 (8), 1693-1701. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.003
Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Beger, Maria, Kospartov, Marie C., Richards, Zoe T. and Birrell, Chico L. (2011). Population trends of remote invertebrate resources in a marine reserve: Trochus and holothurians at Ashmore Reef. Pacific Conservation Biology, 17 (2), 132-140. doi: 10.1071/PC110132
Kininmonth, Stuart, Beger, Maria, Bode, Michael, Peterson, Eric, Adams, Vanessa M., Dorfman, Dan, Brumbaugh, Daniel R. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation. Ecological Modelling, 222 (7), 1272-1282. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.012
Mora, Camilo, Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio, Bocos, Arturo Ayala, Ayotte, Paula M., Banks, Stuart, Bauman, Andrew G., Beger, Maria, Bessudo, Sandra, Booth, David J., Brokovich, Eran, Brooks, Andrew, Chabanet, Pascale, Cinner, Joshua E., Cortés, Jorge, Cruz-Motta, Juan J., Magaña, Amilcar Cupul, DeMartini, Edward E., Edgar, Graham J., Feary, David A., Ferse, Sebastian C. A., Friedlander, Alan M., Gaston, Kevin J., Gough, Charlotte, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Green, Alison, Guzman, Hector, Hardt, Marah, Kulbicki, Michel, Letourneur, Yves ... Zapata, Fernando A. (2011). Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes. PLoS Biology, 9 (4) e1000606, e1000606-1-e1000606-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000606
Baker, Nicole, Beger, Maria, McClennen, Caleb, Ishoda, Albon and Edwards, Florence (2011). Reimaanlok: A national framework for conservation area planning in the Marshall Islands. Journal of Marine Biology, 2011, 273034.1-273034.11. doi: 10.1155/2011/273034
Klein, Carissa, Kark, Salit, Carvalho, Silvia, Beger, Maria and Possingham, Hugh (2010). Conserving evolutionary novelty on the edge. Science, 328 (5985)
Beger, Maria, Linke, Simon, Watts, Matt, Game, Eddie, Treml, Eric, Ball, Ian and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Incorporating asymmetric connectivity into spatial decision making for conservation. Conservation Letters, 3 (5), 359-368. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00123.x
Klein, Carissa J., Ban, Natalie C., Halpern, Benjamin S., Beger, Maria, Game, Edward T., Grantham, Hedley S., Green, Alison, Klein, Travis J., Kininmonth, Stuart, Treml, Eric, Wilson, Kerris and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Prioritizing land and sea conservation investments to protect coral reefs. PLoS One, 5 (8) e12431, e12431-1-e12431-8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012431
Beger, Maria, Grantham, Hedley S., Pressey, Robert L., Wilson, Kerrie A., Peterson, Eric L., Dorfman, Daniel, Mumby, Peter J., Lourival, Reinaldo, Brumbaugh, Daniel R. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Conservation planning for connectivity across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms. Biological Conservation, 143 (3), 565-575. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.006
Beger, Maria and Possingham, Hugh P. (2008). Environmental factors that influence the distribution of coral reef fishes: modeling occurrence data for broad-scale conservation and management. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 361, 1-13. doi: 10.3354/meps07481
Peterson, Eric L., Beger, Maria and Richards, Zoe T. (2008). Thinking outside the reef. Science, 319 (5871), 1759-1759. doi: 10.1126/science.319.5871.1759c
Richards, Z.T., Beger, M., Pinca, S. and Wallace, C.C. (2008). Bikini Atoll coral biodiversity resilience five decades after nuclear testing. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56 (3), 503-515. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.018
Beger, M., McKenna, S. A. and Possingham, H. P. (2007). Effectiveness of surrogate Taxa in the design of coral reef reserve systems in the Indo-Pacific. Conservation Biology, 21 (6), 1584-1593. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00795.x
Gerber, L. R., Beger, M., McCarthy, M. A. and Possingham, H. P. (2005). A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves. Ecology Letters, 8 (8), 829-837. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00784.x
Beger, M., Harborne, A. R., Dacles, T. P., Solandt, J.-L. and Ledesma, G. L. (2004). A framework of lessons learned from community-based marine reserves and its effectiveness in guiding a new coastal management initiative in the Philippines. Environmental Management, 34 (6), 786-801. doi: 10.1007/s00267-004-0149-z
Beger, Maria, Jones, Geoffrey P. and Munday, Philip L. (2003). Conservation of coral reef biodiversity: A comparison of reserve selection procedures for corals and fishes. Biological Conservation, 111 (1), 53-62. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00249-5
Beger, M., Dacles, T. P., Harborne, A. R., Harding, S. P., Ledesma, G. L., Lizares, J., Raines, P. S. and Solandt, J. L. (2003). Spill-over effects of a community-based marine protected area: A case study from Negros Occidental. Silliman Journal, 44 (2), 61-80.
Conference Papers
Beger, Maria, Babcock, Russ, Booth, David J., Bucher, Daniel, Condie, Scott A., Creese, Bob, Cvitanovic, Christopher, Dalton, Steve J., Harrison, Peter, Hoey, Andrew, Jordan, Alan, Loder, Jennifer, Malcolm, Hamish, Purcell, Steven W., Roelfsema, Chris, Sachs, Patrick, Smith, Stephen D. A., Sommer, Brigitte, Stuart-Smith, Rick, Thomson, Damian, Wallace, Carden C., Zann, Maria and Pandolfi, John M. (2011). Research challenges to improve the management and conservation of subtropical reefs to tackle climate change threats. Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00573.x
Rasaiah, Barbara, Peterson, Eric, Beger, Maria and Jones, Simon D. (2011). Bathymetry of near-shore zones in rongelap atoll, Marshall Islands using satellite imagery. 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Sydney, Australia, 10-15 April 2011. Sydney, Australia: International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment.
MacLeod, I. D., Richards, Z. T. and Beger, M. (2011). The effects of human and biological interactions on the corrosion of WWII iron shipwrecks in Chuuk Lagoon. International Corrosion Congress (18th, ICC, 2011), Perth, Australia, 20-24 November 2011. Red Hook, NY, United States: Curran Associates.
Roelfsema, Chris, Phinn, Stuart, Jupiter, Stacy, Comley, James, Beger, Marie and Paterson, Eric (2010). The application of object based analysis of high spatial resolution imagery for mapping large coral reef systems in the West Pacific at geomorphic and benthic community spatial scales. 2010 30th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2010), Honolulu, HI, United States, 25-30 July 2010. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654126
MacLeod, I. D., Beger, M., Richards, V., Jeffery, W. and Hengeveld, M. (2007). Dynamic interactions of marine ecosystems with wrecks in Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia. International Council of Museums (ICOM) Metal 07, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 17-22 September 2007.
Peterson, Eric L., Beger, Maria and Pinca, Silvia (2006). Three dimensional model of atoll hydrodynamics. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 28 June - 2 July 2004. ReefBase: Japanese Coral Reef Society.
Beger, M., Jones, P. G. and Possingham. H. P. (2006). Models of coral reef fish biodiversity and species habitat association in conservation planning. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), Okinawa, Japan, 28 June- 3 July, 2006. Okinawa, Japan: International Society for Reef Studies, Japanese Coral Reef Society.
Beger, M., McKenna, S. A. and Possingham, H. P. (2005). Surrogacy in coral reef biodiversity: a tool in conservation planning. First International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC 1 2005), Geelong, Australia, 23-27 October 2005.
Beger, M., Wilcox, C. and Possingham, H. P. (2005). Designing marine reserves with modelled species distributions: Bayesian abundance modelling of coral reef fishes. IMPAC 1 2005: First International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Geelong, Australia, 23-27 October 2005.
Pinca, Silvia and Beger, Maria (2004). Pacific atolls going under: Specific coral reef conservation and management issues. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, 28th June - 3 July 2004.
Beger, M., Pinca, S., Trimble, G. and Suzumoto, A. (2003). Where did all the fish go at Bikini Atoll? Species diversity, habitat choice and assemblage rules for coral reef fishes after 50 years undisturbed existence. 80th ACRS Annual Conference, Townsville, Queensland, 26 - 29 September 2003. Townsville, Australia: ACRS.
Thesis
Beger, Maria (2007). Models and frameworks that enhance systematic planning for coral reef biodiversity conservation. PhD Thesis, School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland.
Data Collections
Kovacs, Eva , Bray, Peran, Thurstan, Ruth , Flower, Jason, Beger, Maria , Gallo, Michele , Loder, Jennifer , Gomez Cabrera, K-Le, Lea, Alex, Ortiz, Juan and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2016). Dominate algaes and rare animals of Point Lookout Dive Sites, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Pangaea. (Dataset)
Kovacs, Eva , Bray, Peran, Thurstan, Ruth , Flower, Jason, Beger, Maria , Gallo, Michele , Loder, Jennifer , Gomez Cabrera, K-Le, Lea, Alex, Ortiz, Juan and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2016). Invertebrates populations of Point Lookout Dive Sites, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 2014. Pangaea. (Dataset)
Kovacs, Eva , Bray, Peran, Thurstan, Ruth , Flower, Jason, Beger, Maria , Gallo, Michele , Loder, Jennifer , Gomez Cabrera, K-Le, Lea, Alex, Ortiz, Juan and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2016). Fish populations on family level of Point Lookout Dive Sites, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Pangaea. (Dataset)
Kovacs, Eva , Bray, Peran, Thurstan, Ruth , Flower, Jason, Beger, Maria , Gallo, Michele , Loder, Jennifer , Gomez Cabrera, K-Le, Lea, Alex, Ortiz, Juan and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2016). Fish populations on species level of Point Lookout Dive Sites, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Pangaea. (Dataset)
Kovacs, Eva, Bray, Peran, Thurstan, Ruth, Flower, Jason, Beger, Maria, Gallo, Michele, Loder, Jennifer, Gomez Cabrera, K-Le, Lea, Alex, Ortiz Gomez, Juan and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2015). Ecological assessment data of the marine flora and fauna of Point Lookout in 2014.. Pangaea. (Dataset) doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.843122
Research Reports
Roelfsema, Chris, Thurstan, Ruth, Flower, Jason, Beger, Maria, Gallo, Michele, Loder, Jennifer, Kovacs, Eva, Gomez Cabrera, K-Le, Lea, Alexandra, Ortiz, Juan, Brunner, Dunia and Kleine, Diana (2014). Ecological Assessment of the Flora and Fauna of Point Lookout Dive Sites, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. UniDive PLEA Final Report Brisbane, Australia: UniDive (University of Queensland Underwater Club).
Sommer, Brigitte, Beger, Maria and Pandolfi, John (2014). Seasonal and temporal changes in reef fauna at Julian Rocks 2010 to 2013. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Flower, Thurstan R., Beger, J., Dudgeon, C., Gomez, K., Ortiz, J., Kovacs, E., Saunders, M., Passenger, J., Kleine, D. and Roelfsema, C. (2014). Survey Methods Manual Unidive Point Lookout Ecological Assessment (PLEA). St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland Underwater Club.
Ceccarelli, D., Choat, J. H., Ayling, A. M., Richards, Z., Beger, M. and Birrell, C. L. (2007). Survey of the distribution and abundance of trochus, holothurians and tridacnid clams at Ashmore Reef in 2006, to assess the impact of recent illegal fishing on target invertebrate stocks. C&R Consulting and James Cook University for the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Kospartov, M., Beger, M., Ceccarelli, D. M. and Richards, Z. T. (2006). An assessment of the distribution and abundance of sea cucumbers, trochus, giant clams, coral, fish and invasive marine species at Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Environment and Heritage.