Publications

*Student-led publications

2022. Barnes, M.L., Jasny, L., Bauman, A., Ben, J., Berardo, R., Bodin, Ö., Cinner, J.E., Feary, D.A., Guerrero, A.M., Januchowski-Hartley, F., Kuange, J.K., Lau, J.D., Wang, P., and J. Zamborain-Mason. ‘Bunkering Down’: how one community is tightening social-ecological network structures in the face of global environmental change. People and Nature (in press).

*2022. Sutcliffe, S. Lau, J., Barnes, M.L., Mbaru, E., Hungito, W., Muly, I., Wanyonyi, S., Muthiga, N., Cohen, P. and J. Cinner. COVID-19 impacts on food systems in fishing communities. Ecology & Society (accepted manuscript).

*2022. Otero, D.S., Barnes, M.L., and E. Ojea. Climate adaptation pathways and the role of social-ecological networks in small-scale fisheries. Scientific Reports12:1-13.

2022. Barnes, M.L., Datta, A., Beeden, R., Morris, S., and I. Zethoven. Navigating climate crises in the Great Barrier Reef. Global Environmental Change 74:102494.

• Media (Radio Interview with Triple M): New Strategies to Save the Great Barrier Reef

*2022. Bartelet, H., Barnes, M.L., and G.S. Cumming. Microeconomic adaptation to severe climate disturbances on Australian coral reefs. Ambio, 1-15.

*2022. Otero, D.S., Barnes, M.L., and E. Ojea. Transformation in times of climate change: What makes a fisher diversify livelihoods? Frontiers in Marine Science 1373.

*2022. Bartelet, H., Barnes, M.L., Zoeller, K., and G.S. Cumming. Social adaptation can reduce the strength of social-ecological feedbacks from ecosystem degradation. People and Nature 4:856-865.

*2022. Datta, A., Barnes, M.L., Floyd, T., Sutcliffe, S., Morrison, T.M., and B. Chaffin. Big events, little change: Extreme climatic events have no region-wide effect on Great Barrier Reef governance. Journal of Environmental Management 320:115809.

*2022. Bartelet, H., Barnes, M.L., and G.S. Cumming. Determinants, outcomes, and feedbacks associated with microeconomic adaptation to climate change. Regional Environmental Change 22:59.

2021. Felipe-Lucia, M., Guerrero, A., Alexander, S., Ashander, J., Baggio, J.A., Barnes, M.L., Bodin, Ö., Bonn, A., Fortin, M., Friedman, R.S., Gephart, J., Helmstedt, K.J., Keyes, A., Kroetz, K., Massol, F., Pocock, M.J.O., Sayles, J., Thompson, R., Wood, S.A., and L. E. Dee. Conceptualizing ecosystem services as social-ecological networks. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3:211-222.

2021. Lau, J. Sutcliffe, S., Barnes, M.L., Mbaru, E., Muly, I., Muthiga, N., Wanyonyi, S., and J.E. Cinner. COVID-19 impacts on coastal communities in Kenya. Marine Policy 134:104803.

2021. Jasny, L., Guerrero, A.G., Hamilton, M., Sayles, J., Prell, C., Matous, P., Rolden Gomez, L., Jacobs, D., Schiffer, E., and M.L. Barnes. Participant engagement in environmentally focused social network data collection. Social Networks 66:125-138.

2021. Cinner, J.E., Barnes, M.L., Gurney, G., Lockie, S., and C. Rojas. Markets and the crowding out of conservation-relevant behavior. Conservation Biology 35:816-823.

2020. Barnes, M.L., Wang, P., Cinner, J.E., Graham, N.A.J., Guerrero, A.G., Jasny, L., Lau, J., Sutcliffe, S., and J. Zamborain-Mason. Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change. Nature Climate Change 10: 823–828. Press release.

• Media:
  • Video abstract
  • Behind the Paper blog: Who you know matters for climate change adaptation
  • Australian Government (ARC): Personal connections key to climate adaptation

2020. Cinner, J.E., Zamborain-Mason, J, Gurney, G.,G., Graham, N.A.J., MacNeil, A., Hoey, A.S., Mora, C., Villeger, S., Maire, E., McClanahan, T.R., Maina, J.M., Kittinger, J.N., Hicks, C.C., D’agata, S., Huchery, C., Barnes, M.L., et al. Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominate world. Science 368:307-311. Press release.

• Media (Bloomberg): With Fishing Fleets Tied Up, Marine Life Has a Chance to Recover

2020. Guerrero, A.M., Barnes, M.L., Bodin, Ö., Davis, K.J., Iftekhar, M.S., Morgans, C., and K.A. Wilson. Key considerations and challenges in the application of social network research for environmental decision making. Conservation Biology 34:733-742.

2019. Barnes, M.L., Bodin, Ö, McClanahan, T.R., Kittinger, J.N., Hoey, A.S., Gaoue, O.G., and N.A.J. Graham. Social-ecological alignment and ecological conditions in coral reefs. Nature Communications 10:2039. Press release.

• Media:
  • Forbes (readership of 33m): Rival fishers that cooperate may ultimately catch more (and bigger) fish
  • Hakai Magazine: The cure to the tragedy of the commons? Cooperation

2019. Bodin, Ö. Alexander, S. Baggio, J. Barnes, M.L., Berardo, R., Cumming, G., Dee, L., Fischer, M., Fischer, A., Garcia, M.M., Guerrero, A., Hileman, J., Ingold, K., Matous, P., Morrison, T., Nohrstedt, D., Pittman, J., Robins, G., and J. Sayles. Improving network approaches to the study of complex social-ecological interdependencies. Nature Sustainability (available online). Press release.

2019. Cinner, J.E., Lau, J.D., Bauman, A.G., Feary, D.A., Januchowski-Hartley, F.A., Rojas, C.A., Barnes, M.L., Bergseth, B.J., Shum, E., Lahari, R., Ben, J., and N.A.J. Graham. Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:26474-26483.

2019. Barnes, M.L., Mbaru, E. and N. Muthiga. Information access and knowledge exchange in co-managed coral reef fisheries. Biological Conservation 238:108198. Invited manuscript for special issue “Coral Reef Conservation.”

2019. Cinner, J. and M.L. Barnes. Social dimensions of resilience in social-ecological systems. One Earth 1:51-56.

2018. Bergseth, B., Gurney, G., Barnes, M.L., and J.E. Cinner. Addressing poaching in marine protected areas through voluntary surveillance and enforcement Nature Sustainability 8:421-426. Press release.

• Media (Breitbart News): Poachers in marine protected areas go unchallenged by their peers

2018. Alexander, S.A., Bodin, Ö, and M.L. Barnes. Untangling the drivers of community cohesion in a small-scale fisheries. International Journal of the Commons 12:519-547.

*2018. Sutcliffe, S. and M.L. Barnes. The role of shark ecotourism in conservation behaviour: Evidence from Hawaii. Marine Policy 97:27-33.

• Outreach article in The Conversation: Shark tourism can change your mind about these much-maligned predators

2018. Cinner, J.E., Hutchery, C., Maire, E., MacNeil, A.M., Graham, N.A.J., Mora, C., McClanahan, T.R., Kittinger, J.N., Hicks, C.C., D’Agata, S., Hoey, A., Barnes, M.L., et al. Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115:E6116-E6125. Press release.

• Media:
  • Hakai Magazine: Fragmented protections fail top predators
  • Breitbart News: Marine reserves are essential, but increasingly stressed

2018. Marshall, N.A., Barnes, M.L., Birtles, A., Brown, K., et al. Measuring what matters in the Great Barrier Reef. Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment 16:271-277.

2018. Cinner, J.E., Adger, N., Allison, E., Barnes, M.L., Brown, K., Cohen, P., Gelcich, S., Hicks, C., Hughes, T., Lau, J., Marshall, N, and T. Morrison. Building adaptive capacity in tropical coastal communities. Nature Climate Change 8:117-123. Press release.

2017. Barnes, M.L., Bodin, Ö., Guerrero, A. M., McAllister, R. J., Alexander, S.M. and G. Robins. The social structural foundations of adaptation and transformation in social-ecological systems. Ecology & Society 22(4):16. Invited manuscript for special issue “Beyond Social-Ecological Traps.”

• Media (Radio Interview with ABC): What makes coral reef bright spots so bright?

2017. Hughes, T.H., Barnes, M.L., Bellwood, D.R., Cinner, J.E., Cumming, G.S., Jackson, J.B.C., Kleypas, J., van de Leemput, I.A., Lough, J.M., Morrison, T.H., Palumbi, S.R., van Nes, E.H., and M. Scheffer. Coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature 546:82-90. Press release.

• Media:
  • BBC: Coral reefs can be saved but change is inevitable, scientists say
  • The Guardian: Survival of coral reefs requires radical rethink of what conservation means

2017. Bodin, Ö, Barnes, M.L., McAllister, R. J., Rocha, J. C., and A. Guerrero. Social-ecological network approaches in interdisciplinary research: A Response to Bohan et al. and Dee et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32(8): 547-549.

*2017. Mbaru, E. and M.L. Barnes. Key players in conservation diffusion: Using social network analysis to identify critical injection points. Biological Conservation 210(A):222-232.

2017. Barnes, M.L., Arita, S., Kalberg, K. and P.S. Leung. When does it pay to cooperate? Strategic information sharing in the harvest of common-pool fishery resources. Ecological Economics 131:1-11.

*2017. Chang, C., Barnes, M.L., Frye, M., Zhang, M., Quan, R., Resiman, L., Levin, S.A. and D.S. Wilcove. Recreational hunting in the tropics leads to low exit rates in response to declining catch. Ecology & Society 22(1):43.

2016. Barnes, M.L., Lynham, J., Kalberg, K. and P.S. Leung. Social networks and environmental outcomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113:6466-6471. Press release.

• Media (print interview/summary article by NRDC): Can breaking down ethnic barriers in a tuna fishery prevent accidental shark deaths?

*2016. Grafeld, S., Oleson, K.L.L., Barnes, M.L., Peng, M., Chan-Halbrendt, C. and M. Weijerman. Divers’ willingness to pay for improved coral reef conditions in Guam: An untapped source of funding for management and conservation? Ecological Economics 128:202-213.

2016. Barnes, M.L., Kalberg, K., Pan, M. and P.S. Leung. When is brokerage negatively associated with economic benefits? Ethnic diversity, competition, and common-pool resources. Social Networks45:55-65.

2015. Lewison, R., Hobday, A., Maxwell, S., Hazen, E., Hartog, J.R., Dunn, D., Briscoe, D., Fossette, S., O’Keefe, C., Barnes, M.L., Abecassi, M., Bograd, S., Bethoney, D., Bailey, H., Wiley, D., Andrews, S., Howell, E., Hazen, L. and L. Crowder. Dynamic Ocean Management: 21^st century approaches for marine resource management and conservation. BioScience65:486-498.

2015. Oleson, K.L.L.,Barnes, M.L.,Brander, L., Oliver, T., van Beek, I., Zafindrasilivonona^, B. and P. van Beukering. Cultural bequest values for ecosystem service flows among indigenous fishers: A discrete choice experiment validated with mixed methods. Ecological Economics114:104-106.

2015. Barnes-Mauthe, M., Oleson, K.L.L.,Brander, L., Zafindrasilivonona, B., Oliver, T. and P. van Beukering. Social capital as an ecosystem service: Evidence from a locally managed marine area. Ecosystem Services 16:283-293.

2015. Barnes-Mauthe, M.,Gray, S.A., Arita, S. Lynham, J. and P.S. Leung. What determines social capital in a social-ecological system? Insights from a network perspective. Environmental Management 55(2):392-410.

2014. Geslani, C., Barnes-Mauthe, M.,Loke, M. and P.S. Leung. Seafood purchasing preferences of Hawai‘i chefs: Comparing actual purchase to stated preferences from a conjoint choice experiment. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing 27(1):50-63.

2013. Barnes-Mauthe, M., Arita, S., Allen, S.D., Gray, S.A. and P.S. Leung. The influence of ethnic diversity on social network structure in a common-pool resource system: Implications for collaborative management. Ecology and Society18(1):23.

2013. Barnes-Mauthe, M., Oleson, K.L.L. and B. Zafindrasilivonona. The total economic value of small-scale fisheries with a characterization of post-landing trends: An application in Madagascar with global relevance. Fisheries Research 147:175-185.

2013. Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Barnes-Mauthe, M., Al-Abdulrazzak, D., Holm-Navarro, E. and U. R. Sumaila. Global economic value of shark ecotourism: Implications for conservation. Oryx International Journal of Conservation 47:381-388.

• Media (TV Interview with Hawaii News Now): Shark tours are more valuable than shark soup, study finds

2011. Barnes, M., Chan-Halbrednt, C., Zhang, Q. and N. Abejon. Consumer preference and willingness to pay for non-plastic food containers in Honolulu, USA. Journal of Environmental Protection 2:1264-1273.