Predictive models of cetacean distributions off the west coast of Scotland

• Main Author: Embling, Clare B.
• Other Authors: Hammond, Philip S., Gordon, Jonathan, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Great Britain)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of St Andrews 2009
• Subjects: Cetacean; GAM; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; Delphinid; Sperm whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Habitat model; Predictive model; Scotland; Gam; Rockall Trough
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/640

The main purpose of this study was to produce and test the reliability of predictive models of cetacean distributions off the west coast of Scotland. Passive acoustic and visual surveys were carried out from platforms of opportunity between 2003 and 2005. Acoustic identifications were made primarily...