iPOD: Iterative PCoD for Oceanic Dolphins
Abstract
The overall goal of the project is to develop a framework to quantify responses of oceanic dolphin species to assess the magnitude of behavioral responses needed to impact vital rates. Our overarching goal is to develop a framework that can predict population consequences from sparse or qualitative data on pelagic delphinids that can be updated as new information becomes available. In contracst to data-rich species used in PCoD case studies to date, we will conduct a preliminary assessment of a guild of cetaceans that are numerous but have been neglected in research and management efforts to date, in order to predict inter-specific differences in vulnerability, based on life-history traits, of there oceanic dolphin species to perturbation.Objectives are: build a modular framework that anticipates new data coming online during the project timeline; use existing BRS observations as scenarios to test, rather than as quantitative inputs to a PCoD-like model linking a given level of disturbance to changes in vital rates; and take a two-pronged approach with reanalysis of existing Pacific white-sided dolphin data and collection of new data to quanitfy how Pacific white-sided dolphins respond to the external stressors they experience in their habitat in BC.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141613058
Entities
People
- Rob Williams
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy