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 assembled includes researchers from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station. Researchers from these organizations will be responsible for orchestrating simultaneous multi-species tagging efforts. 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. Using these software programs as well as others, 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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA572922
Entities
People
- Barbara Block
- Daniel P. Costa
- Franklin B. Schwing
- Steven J Bograd
Organizations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration