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Foraging ecology is key to understanding the drivers of habitat selection, elucidating the abiotic and biotic factors associated with animal decision-making and the ecological context within which these choices occur. In particular, the resilience and response of upper-trophic-level populations to t...
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ftdatacite:10.25959/23239274 2023-06-11T04:11:26+02:00 Marine predator foraging strategies in response to broad- and fine-scale resource variability ... O'Toole, MD 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23239274 https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Marine_predator_foraging_strategies_in_response_to_broad-_and_fine-scale_resource_variability/23239274 unknown University Of Tasmania In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle Thesis 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25959/23239274 2023-06-01T12:13:05Z Foraging ecology is key to understanding the drivers of habitat selection, elucidating the abiotic and biotic factors associated with animal decision-making and the ecological context within which these choices occur. In particular, the resilience and response of upper-trophic-level populations to trans-seasonal resource variability is an ongoing question in marine ecology. New analytical tools are now opening new avenues for understanding such questions in the marine environment. However, while a considerable body of literature exists on the effects of in situ physical conditions on marine species; few studies have investigated the effects of in situ biological conditions. The overall aim of this thesis was to assess the feasibility of using light, collected by a marine predator, to estimate biological conditions in the water column, and demonstrate its application, in an ecological context. First, light level and depth data collected by elephant seals were used as a relative index to estimate plankton ... Thesis Elephant Seals DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Foraging ecology is key to understanding the drivers of habitat selection, elucidating the abiotic and biotic factors associated with animal decision-making and the ecological context within which these choices occur. In particular, the resilience and response of upper-trophic-level populations to trans-seasonal resource variability is an ongoing question in marine ecology. New analytical tools are now opening new avenues for understanding such questions in the marine environment. However, while a considerable body of literature exists on the effects of in situ physical conditions on marine species; few studies have investigated the effects of in situ biological conditions. The overall aim of this thesis was to assess the feasibility of using light, collected by a marine predator, to estimate biological conditions in the water column, and demonstrate its application, in an ecological context. First, light level and depth data collected by elephant seals were used as a relative index to estimate plankton ... |
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