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Anderson, SeanBaum, Julia K.Blanchard, WadeBoyce, DanielBreed, GregBreen, JustinCollie, JeremyColl Montón, MartaDavies, TrevorFerretti, FrancescoGarcia, VeronicaJames, Michael C.Kaschner, KristinMagera, AnnaMatsuda, HiroyukiMills Flemming, JoannaMinto, CoilinMora, CamiloMuir, CatherineRicard, DanielRosenberg, AndrewSchmidt, AllisonStefansson, GunnarTittensor, DerekWard-Paige, ChristineWinship, Arliss |
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| Ian D. Jonsen |
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Project/Role
Analysis of animal movement and distribution, Liaison to TOPP
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I am leading FMAP's work on the analysis and modeling of animal movement data.
We focus on understanding the movement behaviors and distribution of marine
predators through the application of state-space models and related analytical
methods that reveal hidden patterns in noisy electronic tracking data. The rapid
advancement of electronic tracking and remote sensing technologies has yielded an
impressive array of studies that provide important insight into the movements, habitat
use, and distribution of predators in the continental shelf and open ocean realms.
Knowledge of relationships between predator movements and physical ocean
processes is lacking but essential for understanding distribution, for informing
management policy and conservation programs, and for predicting responses to
climate change. Our main questions are:
- How do marine predators interact with a dynamic ocean environment?
- How do these interactions translate into patterns of distribution?
- How will marine predators respond to future ocean states?
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