Code and data for: Habitat and local factors influence fish biomass recovery in marine protected areas

Well-designed and managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can have positive outcomes for reef biodiversity, but their effectiveness for conservation outcomes is also influenced by local environmental and anthropogenic factors. To assess the importance of local factors on MPA effectiveness, we compared field-collected data on total reef fish biomass from 922 sites inside and outside a network of 49 MPAs across temperate Australia using modelled predictions of biomass based on local biogenic habitat, physical environment, and anthropogenic factors. We found fish biomass was 34% greater in fully protected MPAs in temperate Australia than predicted if they were openly fished, whereas biomass in partially protected MPAs was equivalent to fished sites. Local biogenic habitat and physical environmental features significantly shaped shallow reef biomass across large spatial scales but their effects did not differ between fished and fully protected MPA sites, providing reassurance that regional ha...,
Data include total reef fish biomass in kilograms for globally-distributed shallow reef sites surveyed between 2008 and 2023. Environmental, anthropogenic, and ecological variables characterizing the conditions for each site-year combination are also provided. 
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Total reef fish biomass and associated environmental, anthropogenic, and ecological variables for reproducing the analysis in the manuscript \"Habitat and local factors influence fish biomass recovery in marine protected areas.\"

A comprehensive description of the data included in this analysis can be found in the corresponding manuscript. Code for processing the data and reproducing the analysis in the corresponding manuscript are described under Code/Software below.

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## Description of the data and file structure

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Environmental, anthropogenic, and ecological data for globally-distributed shallow reef sites.
2. Author Information: withheld in this addition to maintain anonymity of data
3. Date of data collection: 2008-2024
4. Geographic location of data collection: Global

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

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