Assessing the utility of two- and three-dimensional behavioural metrics in habitat usage models

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Pascoe, P, Lea, MA, Mattlin, RH, McMahon, CR, Harcourt, R, Thompson, D, Torres, L, Vinette-Herrin, K, Hindell, MA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2016
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Wildlife and Habitat Management; Campbell Islands; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11947; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/114523

For deep-diving, wide-ranging marine predators, foraging behaviour is often inferred from movement data. Various metrics are used to do this, and recently, metrics have been developed that consider both horizontal movement and vertical dive behaviour to better describe the use of the 3-dimensional e...