An improved evolutionary method with fuzzy logic for combining particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithms

F Valdez, P Melin, O Castillo - Applied Soft Computing, 2011 - Elsevier
We describe in this paper a new hybrid approach for optimization combining Particle Swarm
Optimization (PSO) and Genetic Algorithms (GAs) using fuzzy logic to integrate the results of …

From monsoons to mantas: seasonal distribution of Manta alfredi in the Maldives

RC Anderson, MS Adam, JI Goes - Fisheries Oceanography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Republic of Maldives in the central Indian Ocean is home to large numbers of
manta rays, Manta alfredi. They are known to undertake seasonal migrations within the …

Blue whale habitat selection and within-season distribution in a regional upwelling system off southern Australia

PC Gill, MG Morrice, B Page, R Pirzl… - … ecology progress series, 2011 - int-res.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus aggregate to feed in a regional upwelling system
during November–May between the Great Australian Bight (GAB) and Bass Strait. We …

Winter migration and diving behaviour of porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus, in the Northeast Atlantic

RA Saunders, F Royer… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Saunders, RA, Royer, F., and Clarke, MW 2011. Winter migration and diving
behaviour of porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus, in the Northeast Atlantic.–ICES Journal of …

The neuroecology of dimethyl sulfide: a global-climate regulator turned marine infochemical

GA Nevitt - Integrative and comparative biology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Information transfer influences food-web dynamics in the marine environment, but
infochemicals involved in these processes are only beginning to be understood …

Bottles as models: predicting the effects of varying swimming speed and morphology on size selectivity and filtering efficiency in fishes

EWM Paig-Tran, JJ Bizzarro… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
We created physical models based on the morphology of ram suspension-feeding fishes to
better understand the roles morphology and swimming speed play in particle retention, size …

From Lévy to Brownian: a computational model based on biological fluctuation

SG Nurzaman, Y Matsumoto, Y Nakamura, K Shirai… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Theoretical studies predict that Lévy walks maximizes the chance of
encountering randomly distributed targets with a low density, but Brownian walks is …

Epipelagic fish distributions in relation to thermal fronts in a coastal upwelling system using high-resolution remote-sensing techniques

DC Reese, RT O'Malley, RD Brodeur… - ICES Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Reese, DC, O'Malley, RT, Brodeur, RD, and Churnside, JH 2011. Epipelagic fish
distributions in relation to thermal fronts in a coastal upwelling system using high-resolution …

[PDF][PDF] Diel oscillations in whale shark vertical movements associated with meso-and bathypelagic diving

JM Brunnschweiler, DW Sims - American Fisheries Society …, 2011 - researchgate.net
A female whale shark Rhincodon typus satellite tagged off the coast of Mozambique and
moving to the east coast of Madagascar where the tag popped off after 87 d showed …

The influence of subsurface thermal structure on the diving behavior of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) during the breeding season

CE Kuhn - Marine Biology, 2011 - Springer
In the heterogeneous marine environment, predators can increase foraging success by
targeting physical oceanographic features, which often aggregate prey. For northern fur …