New perspectives on fish movement: kernel and GAM smoothers applied to a century of tagging data on coastal Atlantic cod

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg, Olsen, Esben Moland, Knutsen, Halvor, Gjøsæter, Jakob, Danielssen, Didrik S., Stenseth, Nils Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2008
• Subjects: atlantic cod; atlantisk torsk; population structure; populasjonsstruktur; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; Gam; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108746; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07721

Tagging–recovery studies have been used successfully on many occasions, and the data analysed in a variety of ways with respect to fish movement. Here we provide a synoptic account of useful statistical techniques for delimiting area utilization and movement patterns of a population of individuals....