Predicting the Ability of Marine Mammal Populations to Compensate for Behavioral Disturbances

This project has aimed to develop predictive, analytical tools to help determine the ability of marine mammal populations to respond to behavioral disturbances. These tools are to be generic and applicable in a wide range of conditions, including scenarios where data might be limited. Building on re...

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Main Author: Lusseau, David
Other Authors: ABERDEEN UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Ecology
Biological Oceanography
Statistics and Probability
*BEHAVIOR
*MARINE CLIMATOLOGY
*PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
*SEALS(MAMMALS)
ADAPTATION(PHYSIOLOGY)
AQUATIC ANIMALS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM(PHYSIOLOGY)
LINEAR SYSTEMS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS
PROBABILITY
RESILIENCE
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS
ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
EL NINO
ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE
NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS
Elephant Seals
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617787
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617787
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Summary:This project has aimed to develop predictive, analytical tools to help determine the ability of marine mammal populations to respond to behavioral disturbances. These tools are to be generic and applicable in a wide range of conditions, including scenarios where data might be limited. Building on recent advances in the field of behavioral ecology, we have focussed on defining the state resilience of behavioral strategies by considering the transient dynamics of these behavioral strategies, using systems of linear equations. The aim has been to provide a framework that allows an assessment of how probable it is that disturbance events lead to population scale consequences.

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