I am a quantitative marine ecologist, and my overarching research goal entails the use of theory-driven, fundamental science to better inform decision-making processes and ecosystem management in an ever-changing world. I am passionate about making better use of mathematical, statistical and computational tools to integrate physiology and ecology across scales. Transparent and reproducible open science are at the core of my daily working routine, and I mostly use the R programming environment to code my projects.
Please see my personal webpage for information and updates on research activities and publications:
Fisher, R., Barneche, D. R., Ricardo, G. F., & Fox, D. R. (2024). bayesnec: An R Package for Concentration-Response Modeling and Estimation of Toxicity Metrics. Journal of Statistical Software, 110(5), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v110.i05
Hadj-Hammou J, Cinner JE, Barneche DR, Caldwell IR, Mouillot D, Robinson JPW, Schiettekatte NMD, Siqueira AC, Taylor BM, Graham NAJ (2024) Global patterns and drivers of fish reproductive potential on coral reefs.
Nature Communications, 15: 6105. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50367-0.
Luza A, Cordeiro CAMM, Aued A, Barneche DR, Bleuel J, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Francini-Filho RB, Joyeux J-C, Longo GO, Mendes TC, Pinheiro HT, Quimbayo JP, Roos NC, Segal B, Bender MG (2024) Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2024: 1--33. doi: 10.5194/essd-2024-244.
Cresswell AK, Haller-Bull V, González-Rivero M, Gilmour JP, Bozec Y-M, Barneche DR, Robson B, Anthony K, Doropoulos C, Roelfsema CM, Lyons M, Mumby PJ, Condie S, Lago V, Ortiz JC (2024) Reproducing within-reef variability in coral dynamics with a metacommunity modelling framework. bioRxiv}. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.21.576579.
Cure K†, Barneche DR†, Depczynski M, Fisher R, Warne DJ, McGree JM, Underwood J, Weisenberger F, Evans-Illidge E, Ford B, Oades D, Howard A, McCarthy P, Pyke D, Edgar Z, Maher R, Sampi T, Dougal K, Bardi Jawi Traditional Owners (2024) Incorporating uncertainty in Indigenous sea Country monitoring with Bayesian statistics: towards more informed decision-making. Ambio, online early. doi: 10.1007/s13280-024-01980-2. † = Equal authorship.
Parsons MJG, Barneche DR, Speed CW, McCauley RD, Dang C, Day R, Fisher R, Gholipour-kanani H, Newman SJ, Semmens JM, Meekan MGM (2024) A large-scale experiment finds no consistent evidence of change in mortality or commercial productivity in silverlip pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima}) exposed to a seismic source survey. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 199: 115480. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115480.
Barneche DR, Morais RA (2023) Towards detailed predictions of coastal ecosystem function under climate change. PLoS Biology, 21: e3002430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002430.
Luza AL, Barneche DR, Cordeiro CAMM, Dambros CS, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Giglio VJ, Luiz OJ, Mendes TC, Picolotto VAP, Quimbayo JP, Silva FC, Waechter L, Longo GO, Bender MG (2023) Going across taxa in functional ecology: review and perspectives of an emerging field. Functional Ecology, 37: 3091--3110. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14442.
Luza AL, Aued AW, Barneche DR, Dias MS, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Francini-Filho RB, Longo GO, Quimbayo JP, Bender MG (2023) Functional diversity patterns of reef fish, corals and algae in the Brazilian biogeographical province. Journal of Biogeography, 50: 1163--1176. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14599.
Quimbayo JP, Nunes LT, Silva FC, Anderson SB, Barneche DR, Canterle AM, Cord I, Dalben A, Ferrari DS, Fontoura L, Fiuza TMJ, Liedke AMR, Longo GO, Morais RA, Siqueira AC, Floeter SR (2023) TimeFISH: Long-term assessment of reef fish assemblages in a transition zone in the Southwestern Atlantic. Ecology, 104: e3966. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1703.
Álvarez-Noriega M, Marrable I, Noonan SHC, Barneche DR, Ortiz JC (2023) Highly conserved thermal performance strategies may limit adaptive potential in corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290: 20221703. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1703.
Wu NC, Rusli MU, Broderick AC, Barneche DR (2022) Size scaling of sea turtle reproduction may reconcile fundamental ecology and conservation strategies at the global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31: 1277--1289. doi: 10.1111/geb.13502.
Schiettekatte NMD, Brandl SJ, Casey JM, Graham NAJ, Barneche DR, Burkepile DE, Allgeier JE, Arias-Gonzaléz JE, Edgar GJ, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Friedlander AM, Green AL, Kulbicki M, Letourneur Y, Luiz OJ, Mercière A, Morat F, Munsterman KS, Rezende EL, Rodríguez-Zaragoza FA, Stuart-Smith RD, Vigliola L, Villéger S, Parravicini V (2022) Biological trade-offs underpin coral reef ecosystem functioning. Nature Ecology \& Evolution, 6: 701--708. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01710-5.
Parsons MJG, Speed CW, McCauley RD, Fisher R, Dang C, Barneche DR, Semmens JM, Newman SJ, Day R, Gholipour-kanani H, Meekan MGM (2022) Impacts of exposure to a seismic source survey on silverlip pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima}). The APPEA Journal, 62: S337--S342. doi: 10.1071/AJ21093.
Carlot J, Rouzé H, Barneche DR, Mercière A, Espiau B, Cardini U, Brandl S, Casey J, Pérez-Rosales G, Adjeround M, Hédouin L, Parravicini V (2022) Scaling up calcification, respiration, and photosynthesis rates of six prominent coral taxa. Ecology and Evolution, 12: e8613. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8613.
Marshall DJ, Barneche DR, White CW (2022) How does spawning frequency scale with body size in marine fishes? Fish and Fisheries, 23: 316--323. doi: 10.1111/faf.12617.
Fontoura L, D'Agata S, Gamoyo M, Barneche DR, Luiz OJ, Madin EMP, Eggersten L, Maina JM (2022) Protecting connectivity promotes successful biodiversity and fisheries conservation. Science, 375: 336--340. doi: 10.1126/science.abg4351.
Kroon FJ, Barneche DR, Emslie MJ (2021) Fish predators control outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish. Nature Communications, 12: 6986. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26786-8.
Nunes LT†, Barneche DR†, Lastrucci NS, Fraga AA, Nunes JACC, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR (2021) Predicting the effects of body size, temperature and diet on animal feeding rates. Functional Ecology, 35: 2229--2240. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13872. † = Equal authorship.
Quimbayo JP, Mendes TC, Barneche DR, Dias MS, Grutter AS, Furtado M, Leprieur F, Pellissier L, Mazzei R, Narvaez P, Sasal P, Soares MC, Parravicini V, Sazima I, Kulbicki M (2021) Patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity in the global cleaner reef fish fauna. Journal of Biogeography, 48: 2469--2485. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14214.
Barneche DR, Coleman G, Fermor D, Klein E, Robinson T, Smith J, Sheehan JL, Dowley S, Ditton D, Gunn K, Ericson G, Logan M, Rehbein M (2021) dataaimsr: An R Client for the Australian Institute of Marine Science Data Platform API which provides easy access to AIMS Data Platform. Journal of Open Source Software, 6: 3282. doi: 10.21105/joss.03282.
Pie MR, Divieso R, Caron FS, Siqueira AC, Barneche DR, Luiz OJ (2021) The evolution of latitudinal ranges in reef-associated fishes: Heritability, limits and inverse Rapoport's rule. Journal of Biogeography, 48: 2121--2132. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14150.
Carlot J, Kayal M, Lenihan HS, Brandl SJ, Casey JM, Adjeroud M, Cardini U, Mercière A, Espiau, B, Barneche DR, Rovere A; Hédouin L, Parravicini V (2021) Juvenile corals underpin coral reef carbonate production after disturbance. Global Change Biology, 27: 2623--2632. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15610.
Barneche DR, Hulatt CJ, Dossena M, Padfield D, Woodward G, Trimmer M, Yvon-Durocher G (2021) Warming impairs trophic transfer efficiency in a long-term field experiment. Nature, 592: 76--79. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03352-2.
O'Connor MI, Barneche DR, González AL, Messier J (2020) Editorial: Unifying Ecology Across Scales: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution} (section Biogeography and Macroecology), 8: 610459. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.610459.
Schiettekatte NMD, Barneche DR, Villéger S, Allgeier JE, Burkepile DE, Brandl SJ, Casey JM, Mercière A, Munsterman KS, Morat F, Parravicini, V (2020) Nutrient limitation, bioenergetics and stoichiometry: a new model to predict elemental fluxes mediated by fishes. Functional Ecology, 34: 1857--1869. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13618.
Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Tautenhahn S, Werner GDA, [..., Barneche DR, ...], Wirth C (2020) TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26: 119--188. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14904.
Barneche DR, Jahn M, Seebacher F (2019) Warming increases the cost of biosynthesis in a model vertebrate. Functional Ecology, 33: 1256--1266. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13348.
Marshall DJ, Gaines S, Warner R, Barneche DR, Bode M (2019) Underestimating the benefits of marine protected areas for the replenishment of fished populations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17: 407--413. doi: 10.1002/fee.2075.
Barneche DR, Rezende EL, Luiz OJ, Ferreira CEL, Parravicini V, Maire E, Edgar G, Stuart-Smith RD, Green AL, Rodríguez-Zaragoza FA, Arias-González JE, Friedlander AM, Vigliola L, Kulbicki M, Floeter SR (2019) Body size drives global species packing of reef fishes across spatial scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 315--327. doi: 10.1111/geb.12851.
Audzijonyte A, Barneche DR, Baudron AR, Belmaker J, Clark TD, Marshall CT, Morrongiello JR, van Rijn I (2019) Is oxygen limitation in warming waters a valid mechanism to explain decreased body sizes in aquatic ectotherms? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 64--77. doi: 10.1111/geb.12847.
