Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods
Peer reviewed: True <jats:p>Following their near extirpation by industrial whaling of the 20<jats:sup>th</jats:sup>century, the population status of Southern Hemisphere fin whales (SHFW) remains unknown. Systematic surveys estimating fin whale abundance in the Southern Ocean are no...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/344920 2024-02-04T09:55:14+01:00 Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods Viquerat, S Waluda, CM Kennedy, AS Jackson, JA Hevia, M Carroll, EL Buss, DL Burkhardt, E Thain, S Smith, P Secchi, ER Santora, JA Reiss, C Lindstrøm, U Krafft, BA Gittins, G Dalla Rosa, L Biuw, M Herr, H 2023-01-04T17:39:35Z application/zip text/xml application/pdf https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/344920 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.92345 en eng eng Frontiers Media SA http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1040512 Frontiers in Marine Science https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/344920 doi:10.17863/CAM.92345 species distribution model random forest classifier opportunistic data analysis Balaenoptera physalus Southern Ocean data compilation Article 2023 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.92345 2024-01-11T23:29:31Z Peer reviewed: True <jats:p>Following their near extirpation by industrial whaling of the 20<jats:sup>th</jats:sup>century, the population status of Southern Hemisphere fin whales (SHFW) remains unknown. Systematic surveys estimating fin whale abundance in the Southern Ocean are not yet available. Records of fin whale sightings have been collected by a variety of organisations over the past few decades, incorporating both opportunistic data and dedicated survey data. Together, these isolated data sets represent a potentially valuable source of information on the seasonality, distribution and abundance of SHFW. We compiled records across 40 years from the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea from multiple sources and used a novel approach combining ensemble learning and a maximum entropy model to estimate abundance and distribution of SHFW in this region. Our results show a seasonal distribution pattern with pronounced centres of distribution from January-March along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Our new approach allowed us to estimate abundance of SHFW for discrete areas from a mixed data set of mainly opportunistic presence only data.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale Scotia Sea Southern Ocean Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Scotia Sea |
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species distribution model random forest classifier opportunistic data analysis Balaenoptera physalus Southern Ocean data compilation Viquerat, S Waluda, CM Kennedy, AS Jackson, JA Hevia, M Carroll, EL Buss, DL Burkhardt, E Thain, S Smith, P Secchi, ER Santora, JA Reiss, C Lindstrøm, U Krafft, BA Gittins, G Dalla Rosa, L Biuw, M Herr, H Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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Peer reviewed: True <jats:p>Following their near extirpation by industrial whaling of the 20<jats:sup>th</jats:sup>century, the population status of Southern Hemisphere fin whales (SHFW) remains unknown. Systematic surveys estimating fin whale abundance in the Southern Ocean are not yet available. Records of fin whale sightings have been collected by a variety of organisations over the past few decades, incorporating both opportunistic data and dedicated survey data. Together, these isolated data sets represent a potentially valuable source of information on the seasonality, distribution and abundance of SHFW. We compiled records across 40 years from the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea from multiple sources and used a novel approach combining ensemble learning and a maximum entropy model to estimate abundance and distribution of SHFW in this region. Our results show a seasonal distribution pattern with pronounced centres of distribution from January-March along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Our new approach allowed us to estimate abundance of SHFW for discrete areas from a mixed data set of mainly opportunistic presence only data.</jats:p> |
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Viquerat, S Waluda, CM Kennedy, AS Jackson, JA Hevia, M Carroll, EL Buss, DL Burkhardt, E Thain, S Smith, P Secchi, ER Santora, JA Reiss, C Lindstrøm, U Krafft, BA Gittins, G Dalla Rosa, L Biuw, M Herr, H |
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Viquerat, S Waluda, CM Kennedy, AS Jackson, JA Hevia, M Carroll, EL Buss, DL Burkhardt, E Thain, S Smith, P Secchi, ER Santora, JA Reiss, C Lindstrøm, U Krafft, BA Gittins, G Dalla Rosa, L Biuw, M Herr, H |
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Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the scotia sea and the antarctic peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale Scotia Sea Southern Ocean |
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