Understanding Apex Predator and Pelagic Fish Habitat Utilization in the California Current System by Integrating Animal Tracking with In Situ Oceanographic Observations

Abstract

The team includes researchers from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station. Oceanographers from the Environmental Research Division (ERD) at NMFS will provide expertise in remote sensing of the Northeast Pacific oceanography. The integration and analysis of the diverse datasets requires the development of new software which is being developed by the NMFS, UCSC, and Stanford as well as researchers from Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) in Scotland. We plan to map the oceanic habitats used by top predators in the California Current System (CCS). This will be done by examining both top down and bottom up processes, and predicting how climate variability impacts the distribution and utilization of oceanic habitats within the CCS. We are also developing methods that are required to integrate animal collected data into existing oceanographic databases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA475364

Entities

People

  • Barbara Block
  • Daniel P. Costa
  • Franklin B. Schwing
  • Steven J Bograd

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • California
  • Climate Change
  • Data Sets
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Habitats
  • Marine Biology
  • Oceans
  • Sea Lions
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Oceanography.
  • Software Engineering.