Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning
E.L.J. and D.J.F.R. were funded under Scottish Government grant MMSS001/01. D.J.F.R. was funded by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as part of their Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. S.S. was part-funded by the EU MYFISH project. Species distribution...
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Halichoerus grypus Phoca vitulina Density estimation Propagating uncertainty Species distribution Telemetry Area-based conservation QL Zoology QH301 Biology SDG 14 - Life Below Water QL QH301 Jones, Esther Lane McConnell, Bernie J Smout, Sophie Caroline Hammond, Philip Steven Duck, Callan David Morris, Christopher Thompson, David Russell, Deborah Jill Fraser Vincent, Cecile Cronin, Michelle Sharples, Ruth Jemma Matthiopoulos, Jason Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning |
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E.L.J. and D.J.F.R. were funded under Scottish Government grant MMSS001/01. D.J.F.R. was funded by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as part of their Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. S.S. was part-funded by the EU MYFISH project. Species distribution maps can provide important information to focus conservation efforts and enable spatial management of human activities. Two sympatric marine predators, grey seals Halichoerus grypus and harbour seals Phoca vitulina have overlapping ranges on land and at sea but contrasting population dynamics around Britain: whilst grey seals have generally increased, harbour seals have shown significant regional declines. We analysed two decades of at-sea movement data and terrestrial count data from these species to produce high resolution, broad-scale maps of distribution and associated uncertainty to inform conservation and management. Our results showed that grey seals use offshore areas connected to their haul-out sites by prominent corridors and harbour seals primarily stay within 50km of the coastline. Both species show fine-scale offshore spatial segregation off the east coast of Britain and broad-scale partitioning off western Scotland. These results illustrate that for broad-scale marine spatial planning, the conservation needs of harbour seals (primarily inshore, the exception being selected offshore usage areas) are different from those of grey seals (up to 100km offshore and corridors connecting these areas to haul-out sites). More generally, our results illustrate the importance of detailed knowledge of marine predator distributions to inform marine spatial planning; for instance, spatial prioritisation is not necessarily the most effective spatial planning strategy even when conserving species with similar taxonomy. Postprint Publisher PDF Peer reviewed |
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Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning |
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Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning |
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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/9386 2023-07-02T03:33:28+02:00 Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning Jones, Esther Lane McConnell, Bernie J Smout, Sophie Caroline Hammond, Philip Steven Duck, Callan David Morris, Christopher Thompson, David Russell, Deborah Jill Fraser Vincent, Cecile Cronin, Michelle Sharples, Ruth Jemma Matthiopoulos, Jason University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling 2020-08-27 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9386 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11370 eng eng Marine Ecology Progress Series Jones , E L , McConnell , B J , Smout , S C , Hammond , P S , Duck , C D , Morris , C , Thompson , D , Russell , D J F , Vincent , C , Cronin , M , Sharples , R J & Matthiopoulos , J 2015 , ' Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning ' , Marine Ecology Progress Series , vol. 534 , pp. 235-249 . https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11370 0171-8630 PURE: 193881978 PURE UUID: 58af22c6-0f96-4107-a881-bf027856cc5c Scopus: 84941287069 ORCID: /0000-0002-2381-8302/work/47531632 ORCID: /0000-0002-1969-102X/work/49052055 ORCID: /0000-0002-4409-5860/work/30363092 ORCID: /0000-0001-7575-5270/work/56052217 ORCID: /0000-0003-1546-2876/work/56862198 WOS: 000360989500016 http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9386 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11370 Copyright 2015 Inter-Research Science Center. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11370 Copyright © 2015 Inter-Research Halichoerus grypus Phoca vitulina Density estimation Propagating uncertainty Species distribution Telemetry Area-based conservation QL Zoology QH301 Biology SDG 14 - Life Below Water QL QH301 Journal article 2020 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11370 2023-06-13T18:28:58Z E.L.J. and D.J.F.R. were funded under Scottish Government grant MMSS001/01. D.J.F.R. was funded by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as part of their Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. S.S. was part-funded by the EU MYFISH project. Species distribution maps can provide important information to focus conservation efforts and enable spatial management of human activities. Two sympatric marine predators, grey seals Halichoerus grypus and harbour seals Phoca vitulina have overlapping ranges on land and at sea but contrasting population dynamics around Britain: whilst grey seals have generally increased, harbour seals have shown significant regional declines. We analysed two decades of at-sea movement data and terrestrial count data from these species to produce high resolution, broad-scale maps of distribution and associated uncertainty to inform conservation and management. Our results showed that grey seals use offshore areas connected to their haul-out sites by prominent corridors and harbour seals primarily stay within 50km of the coastline. Both species show fine-scale offshore spatial segregation off the east coast of Britain and broad-scale partitioning off western Scotland. These results illustrate that for broad-scale marine spatial planning, the conservation needs of harbour seals (primarily inshore, the exception being selected offshore usage areas) are different from those of grey seals (up to 100km offshore and corridors connecting these areas to haul-out sites). More generally, our results illustrate the importance of detailed knowledge of marine predator distributions to inform marine spatial planning; for instance, spatial prioritisation is not necessarily the most effective spatial planning strategy even when conserving species with similar taxonomy. Postprint Publisher PDF Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca vitulina University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Marine Ecology Progress Series 534 235 249 |