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Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds
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dc.contributor.author | Carter, Matt Ian Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Kimberley A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Embling, Clare B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hosegood, Philip J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, Debbie J. F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-26T12:30:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-26T12:30:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-10-26 | |
dc.identifier | 247089372 | |
dc.identifier | b102a727-322f-46e7-87c8-f97ca3d350ed | |
dc.identifier | 84992344990 | |
dc.identifier | 000395310700001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Carter , M I D , Bennett , K A , Embling , C B , Hosegood , P J & Russell , D J F 2016 , ' Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds ' , Movement Ecology , vol. 4 , 25 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-016-0090-9 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2051-3933 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: Carter2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/9705 | |
dc.description | MIDC PhD studentship co-funded by Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) and School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University. DJFR is supported by National Capability funding from NERC to the Sea Mammal Research Unit (grant no. SMRU1001). | en |
dc.description.abstract | In the last thirty years, the emergence and progression of biologging technology has led to great advances in marine predator ecology. Large databases of location and dive observations from biologging devices have been compiled for an increasing number of diving predator species (such as pinnipeds, sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans), enabling complex questions about animal activity budgets and habitat use to be addressed. Central to answering these questions is our ability to correctly identify and quantify the frequency of essential behaviours, such as foraging. Despite technological advances that have increased the quality and resolution of location and dive data, accurately interpreting behaviour from such data remains a challenge, and analytical methods are only beginning to unlock the full potential of existing datasets. This review evaluates both traditional and emerging methods and presents a starting platform of options for future studies of marine predator foraging ecology, particularly from location and two-dimensional (time-depth) dive data. We outline the different devices and data types available, discuss the limitations and advantages of commonly-used analytical techniques, and highlight key areas for future research. We focus our review on pinnipeds - one of the most studied taxa of marine predators - but offer insights that will be applicable to other air-breathing marine predator tracking studies. We highlight that traditionally-used methods for inferring foraging from location and dive data, such as first-passage time and dive shape analysis, have important caveats and limitations depending on the nature of the data and the research question. We suggest that more holistic statistical techniques, such as state-space models, which can synthesise multiple track, dive and environmental metrics whilst simultaneously accounting for measurement error, offer more robust alternatives. Finally, we identify a need for more research to elucidate the role of physical oceanography, device effects, study animal selection, and developmental stages in predator behaviour and data interpretation. | |
dc.format.extent | 20 | |
dc.format.extent | 1517405 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Movement Ecology | en |
dc.subject | Movement ecology | en |
dc.subject | Area-restricted search | en |
dc.subject | Satellite telemetry | en |
dc.subject | GPS | en |
dc.subject | Argos | en |
dc.subject | TDR | en |
dc.subject | Animal tracking | en |
dc.subject | Marine mammals | en |
dc.subject | Seals | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | NERC | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds | en |
dc.type | Journal item | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | NERC | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s40462-016-0090-9 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | Agreement R8-H12-86 | en |
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