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Alistair J. Cheal is affiliated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and oceanography.

Their main topics of study cover coral and marine ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management, marine and coastal plant biology, marine animal studies, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Alistair J. Cheal has contributed to several scientific publications, including:

  • "Comparability and complementarity of reef fish measures from underwater visual census (UVC) and baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS)", 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Decades of monitoring have informed the stewardship and ecological understanding of Australia's Great Barrier Reef", 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Increasing disturbance frequency undermines coral reef recovery", 2024, Ecological Monographs
  • "Oceanographic influences on reef fish assemblages along the Great Barrier Reef", 2022, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Latitude and protection affect decadal trends in reef trophic structure over a continental scale", 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Cheal include Michael J. Emslie, Peran Bray, Kerryn A. Johns, Kate Osborne, and Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor.

  • Michael J. Emslie
  • Peran Bray
  • Kerryn A. Johns
  • Kate Osborne
  • Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor

The venues where Cheal's work has been published cover an array of journals focused on ecology, marine science, and environmental management:

  • Ecological Monographs
  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Best Publications

  • Coral-macroalgal phase shifts or reef resilience: links with diversity and functional roles of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef

    A. J. Cheal;M. Aaron MacNeil;E. Cripps;E. Cripps;M. J. Emslie

  • Habitat utilization by coral reef fish: implications for specialists vs. generalists in a changing environment

    Shaun K. Wilson;Shaun K. Wilson;Scott C. Burgess;Scott C. Burgess;Alistair J. Cheal;Mike Emslie

  • RESILIENCE TO LARGE‐SCALE DISTURBANCE IN CORAL AND FISH ASSEMBLAGES ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

    A. Halford;A. J. Cheal;D. Ryan;D. Ryan;D. McB. Williams

  • Marine protected areas increase resilience among coral reef communities.

    Camille Mellin;Camille Mellin;M. Aaron MacNeil;Alistair J. Cheal;Michael J. Emslie

  • The threat to coral reefs from more intense cyclones under climate change.

    Alistair J. Cheal;M. Aaron MacNeil;Michael J. Emslie;Hugh Sweatman

  • Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef

    Hugh Sweatman;S. Burgess;A. J. Cheal;Greg Coleman

  • Rapid increase in fish numbers follows creation of world's largest marine reserve network.

    Garry R. Russ;Alistair J. Cheal;Andrew M. Dolman;Michael J. Emslie

  • Behavioural impairment in reef fishes caused by ocean acidification at CO2 seeps

    Philip L. Munday;Alistair J. Cheal;Danielle L. Dixson;Jodie L. Rummer

  • Spatial variation in the functional characteristics of herbivorous fish communities and the resilience of coral reefs

    Alistair J. Cheal;Michael Emslie;M. Aaron MacNeil;Ian Miller

  • Recovery from disturbance of coral and reef fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    M. J. Emslie;A. J. Cheal;H. Sweatman;S. Delean

  • Expectations and outcomes of reserve network performance following re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

    Michael J. Emslie;Murray Logan;David H. Williamson;Anthony M. Ayling

  • Estimating diet composition of the Australian sea lion (Neophoa cinerea) from scat analysis: an unrliable technique

    NJ Gales;AJ Cheal

  • Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs

    S. K. Wilson;S. K. Wilson;S. K. Wilson;A. M. Dolman;A. J. Cheal;M. J. Emslie

  • Comparing visual counts of coral reef fish: implications of transect width and species selection

    Alistair J. Cheal;Angus A. Thompson

  • The distribution of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef

    Alistair Cheal;Michael Emslie;Ian Miller;Hugh Sweatman

  • Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes

    S. K. Wilson;M. Adjeroud;D. R. Bellwood;M. L. Berumen;M. L. Berumen;M. L. Berumen

  • Responses of coral and fish assemblages to a severe but short-lived tropical cyclone on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    A. J. Cheal;G. Coleman;S. Delean;I. Miller

  • Retention of Habitat Complexity Minimizes Disassembly of Reef Fish Communities following Disturbance: A Large-Scale Natural Experiment

    Michael J. Emslie;Alistair J. Cheal;Kerryn A. Johns

  • Delayed coral recovery in a warming ocean.

    Kate Osborne;Angus A. Thompson;Alistair J. Cheal;Michael J. Emslie

  • SPATIAL SYNCHRONY IN CORAL REEF FISH POPULATIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE

    A. J. Cheal;S. Delean;H. Sweatman;A. A. Thompson

  • Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef

    Alistair J. Cheal;Shaun K. Wilson;Michael J. Emslie;Andrew M. Dolman

  • Reef fish communities are spooked by scuba surveys and may take hours to recover.

    Michael J. Emslie;Alistair J. Cheal;M. Aaron MacNeil;Ian R. Miller

  • Towards a reefscape ecology: relating biomass and trophic structure of fish assemblages to habitat at Davies Reef, Australia

    J. E. Arias-González;T. J. Done;C. A. Page;A. J. Cheal

  • Macroalgal feedbacks and substrate properties maintain a coral reef regime shift

    Kerryn A. Johns;Michael J. Emslie;Andrew S. Hoey;Kate Osborne

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Sweatman
Hugh Sweatman Australian Institute of Marine Science
Shaun K. Wilson
Shaun K. Wilson Australian Institute of Marine Science
M. Aaron MacNeil
M. Aaron MacNeil Dalhousie University
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University
Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
Philip L. Munday
Philip L. Munday James Cook University
Martial Depczynski
Martial Depczynski Australian Institute of Marine Science
Mark G. Meekan
Mark G. Meekan Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Camille Mellin
Camille Mellin University of Adelaide

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