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Royer, Francois; Fromentin, Jean-marc; Gaspar, P. |
Archival tagging provides a unique way to study the spatial dynamics and habitat of pelagic fish. This technique generates lagrangian data of a particular type in marine ecology: although highly informative about processes at different scales (e.g. horizontal movements versus diving behaviour), such data are impaired by location errors and the lack of combination with actual environmental variability. The present paper introduces a framework for modelling bluefin tuna movement in relation to its habitat, using records of light, depth and temperature from archival tags. Based on data assimilation concepts and methods, we show how an explicit formulation of the observation process and the statistics of external variables (e.g. ambient temperature) can... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Tag; Archival; Habitat; Movement; Bluefin tuna. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-671.pdf |
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