Machine learning in marine ecology: an overview of techniques and applications

P Rubbens, S Brodie, T Cordier… - ICES Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Machine learning covers a large set of algorithms that can be trained to identify
patterns in data. Thanks to the increase in the amount of data and computing power …

Research priorities to support effective manta and devil ray conservation

JD Stewart, FRA Jaine, AJ Armstrong… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Manta and devil rays are filter-feeding elasmobranchs that are found circumglobally in
tropical and subtropical waters. Although relatively understudied for most of the Twentieth …

Recommendations for quantifying and reducing uncertainty in climate projections of species distributions

S Brodie, JA Smith, BA Muhling… - Global change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Projecting the future distributions of commercially and ecologically important species has
become a critical approach for ecosystem managers to strategically anticipate change, but …

Dynamic ensemble models to predict distributions and anthropogenic risk exposure for highly mobile species

B Abrahms, H Welch, S Brodie, MG Jacox… - Diversity and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Advances in ecological and environmental modelling offer new opportunities for
estimating dynamic habitat suitability for highly mobile species and supporting management …

Progress on implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management in the United States through the use of ecosystem models and analysis

H Townsend, CJ Harvey, Y DeReynier… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Worldwide fisheries management has been undergoing a paradigm shift from a single-
species approach to ecosystem approaches. In the United States, NOAA has adopted a …

Trade‐offs in covariate selection for species distribution models: a methodological comparison

SJ Brodie, JT Thorson, G Carroll, EL Hazen… - …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are a common approach to describing species' space‐
use and spatially‐explicit abundance. With a myriad of model types, methods and …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive marine conservation planning in the face of climate change: What can we learn from physiological, ecological and genetic studies?

G Rilov, AD Mazaris, V Stelzenmüller, B Helmuth… - Global Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Rapid anthropogenic climate change is a major threat to ocean biodiversity, increasing the
challenge for marine conservation. Strategic conservation planning, and more recently …

Predictability of species distributions deteriorates under novel environmental conditions in the California Current System

BA Muhling, S Brodie, JA Smith, D Tommasi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Spatial distributions of marine fauna are determined by complex interactions between
environmental conditions and animal behaviors. As climate change leads to warmer, more …

Dynamic human, oceanographic, and ecological factors mediate transboundary fishery overlap across the Pacific high seas

TH Frawley, B Muhling, S Brodie, H Blondin… - Fish and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The management and conservation of tuna and other transboundary marine species have to
date been limited by an incomplete understanding of the oceanographic, ecological and …

Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments

MG Jacox, MA Alexander, S Siedlecki, K Chen… - Progress in …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Marine ecosystem forecasting is an area of active research and rapid development. Promise
has been shown for skillful prediction of physical, biogeochemical, and ecological variables …