Project

Shark Habitat Selection

Understanding the drivers of habitat selection of three pelagic shark species.

Marine pelagic animals move in a dynamic environment, where a range of processes occur at multiple spatio-temporal scales. We investigated which scales were the most predictive of highly mobile predator habitat selection, for three shark species in particular: blue sharks, salmon sharks, and shortfin mako sharks.

Project Goals:

  • Identify the primary scale driving habitat selection in pelagic marine sharks.
  • Investigate which environmental drivers are the most important for habitat selection.
  • Explore ways to improve species distribution models.

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