Bayesian modeling and simulation methods for fish movements

• Main Author: Munaweera Arachchilage, Inesh Prabuddha
• Other Authors: Aleeza, Gerstein (Statistics), Kevin, Fraser (Biological sciences), Veronica, Berrocal (University of California, Irvine), Saman, Muthukumarana, Darren, Gillis
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Acoustic Telemetry; Bayesian Inference; State-space Models; Mark-recapture models; Arctic; Nunavut; Cambridge Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/37211

Bayesian methods have been popular in modelling complex ecological data collected using modern animal tracking technologies such as acoustic telemetry for multiple reasons, including their extreme flexibility, ability to incorporate prior knowledge and better precision. Acoustic telemetry systems te...