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48
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11639
World Ranking
4161
National Ranking
324

Overview

M. Julian Caley is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions to ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and ecological modeling.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal and marine management
  • Photovoltaic systems and sustainability

Recent papers by M. Julian Caley include:

  • Forecasting intensifying disturbance effects on coral reefs, 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • Designing solar farms for synergistic commercial and conservation outcomes, 2021, published in Solar Energy
  • Submerged Carbonate Banks Aggregate Pelagic Megafauna in Offshore Tropical Australia, 2020, published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Estimating global species richness using symbolic data meta-analysis, 2022, published in Ecography
  • Transferable, predictive models of benthic communities informs marine spatial planning in a remote and data-poor region, 2020, published in Conservation Science and Practice

Frequent co-authors collaborating with M. Julian Caley include:

  • Kerrie Mengersen
  • Julie Vercelloni
  • Emma Kennedy
  • Manuel González-Rivero
  • Erin E. Peterson

Their publications are spread across various venues, reflecting broad research interests. Key publication venues include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Solar Energy
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ecography
  • Conservation Science and Practice

Best Publications

  • RECRUITMENT AND THE LOCAL DYNAMICS OF OPEN MARINE POPULATIONS

    M. J. Caley;M. H. Carr;M. A. Hixon;T. P. Hughes

  • Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models.

    Katherine L. Yates;Katherine L. Yates;Phil J. Bouchet;M Julian Caley;Kerrie Mengersen

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL AND REGIONAL DIVERSITY

    M. Julian Caley;Dolph Schluter

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Species richness on coral reefs and the pursuit of convergent global estimates

    Rebecca Fisher;Rebecca A. O’Leary;Samantha Low-Choy;Kerrie Mengersen

  • Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

    Chih-Lin Wei;Gilbert T. Rowe;Elva Escobar-Briones;Antje Boetius

  • Coral Reef Biodiversity

    Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton;Russell E. Brainard;Rebecca Fisher;Megan Moews

  • The Diversity of Coral Reefs: What Are We Missing?

    Laetitia Plaisance;Laetitia Plaisance;M. Julian Caley;Russell E. Brainard;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton

  • Marine protected areas increase resilience among coral reef communities.

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

  • Habitat specialisation and the distribution and abundance of coral-dwelling gobies

    Munday Pl;Jones Gp;Caley Mj

  • Refuge Availability Structures Assemblages of Tropical Reef Fishes

    M. Julian Caley;Jill St John

  • Animal performance and stress: responses and tolerance limits at different levels of biological organisation

    Karin S. Kassahn;Ross H. Crozier;Hans O. Pörtner;M. Julian Caley

  • Settlement strategies and distribution patterns of coral-reef fishes

    Marcus C Öhman;Philip L Munday;Geoffrey P Jones;M.Julian Caley

  • INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AND COEXISTENCE IN A GUILD OF CORAL-DWELLING FISHES

    Philip L. Munday;Geoffrey P. Jones;M. Julian Caley

  • From transcriptome to biological function: environmental stress in an ectothermic vertebrate, the coral reef fish Pomacentrus moluccensis

    Karin S Kassahn;Karin S Kassahn;Ross H Crozier;Alister C Ward;Glenn Stone

  • Rarity in coral reef fish communities

    Geoffrey P. Jones;M. Julian Caley;Philip L. Munday

  • The relationship between population genetic structure and pelagic larval duration in coral reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef

    L. K. Bay;R. H. Crozier;M. J. Caley

  • Bi-directional sex change in a coral-dwelling goby

    Philip L. Munday;M. Julian Caley;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Spatial resilience of the Great Barrier Reef under cumulative disturbance impacts.

    Camille Mellin;Camille Mellin;Samuel Matthews;Samuel Matthews;Kenneth R.N. Anthony;Kenneth R.N. Anthony;Stuart C. Brown

  • Global mismatch between research effort and conservation needs of tropical coral reefs

    Rebecca Fisher;Ben T. Radford;Ben T. Radford;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton;Russell E. Brainard

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerrie Mengersen
Kerrie Mengersen Queensland University of Technology
Camille Mellin
Camille Mellin University of Adelaide
Rebecca Fisher
Rebecca Fisher Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nancy Knowlton
Nancy Knowlton National Museum of Natural History
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Gary A. Kendrick
Gary A. Kendrick University of Western Australia
Geoffrey P. Jones
Geoffrey P. Jones James Cook University
Kenneth R. N. Anthony
Kenneth R. N. Anthony Australian Institute of Marine Science
Jessica J. Meeuwig
Jessica J. Meeuwig University of Western Australia
Russell E. Brainard
Russell E. Brainard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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