作者
Briana Abrahms, Heather Welch, Stephanie Brodie, Michael G Jacox, Elizabeth A Becker, Steven J Bograd, Ladd M Irvine, Daniel M Palacios, Bruce R Mate, Elliott L Hazen
发表日期
2019
期刊
Diversity and Distributions
卷号
25
期号
8
页码范围
1182-1193
简介
Aim
Advances in ecological and environmental modelling offer new opportunities for estimating dynamic habitat suitability for highly mobile species and supporting management strategies at relevant spatiotemporal scales. We used an ensemble modelling approach to predict daily, year‐round habitat suitability for a migratory species, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), and demonstrate an application for evaluating the spatiotemporal dynamics of their exposure to ship strike risk.
Location
The California Current Ecosystem (CCE) and the Southern California Bight (SCB), USA.
Methods
We integrated a long‐term (1994–2008) satellite tracking dataset on 104 blue whales with data‐assimilative ocean model output to assess year‐round habitat suitability. We evaluated the relative utility of ensembling multiple model types compared to using single models, and selected and validated candidate models using …
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