Combining fish and benthic communities into multiple regimes reveals complex reef dynamics

This repository includes data and analysis scripts to accompany: Donovan MK, Friedlander AM, Lecky J, Jouffray JB, Williams GJ, Wedding LM, Crowder LB, Erickson A, Graham NAJ, Gove JM, Kappel CV, Karr K, Kittinger JN, Norström AV, Nyström M, Oleson KL, Stamoulis KA, White C, Williams ID, Selkoe KA. Combining fish and benthic communities into multiple regimes reveals complex reef dynamics. Scientific Reports (in review)

This work analyzes reef community composition in terms of fish and benthic functional groups to define distinct reef regimes in Hawai‘i. Analyses include defining regimes, and studying patterns among and within regimes. Additionally, data from timeseries are used to examine patterns of transitions among regimes, as well as the relationship between regime transitions and local and global drivers of reef change.