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Dr Sophie Smout
Lecturer
My interests are in the processes that drive changes in animal populations, especially in marine ecosystems. Foraging success and trophic interactions have important consequences for populations of ‘top’ marine predators e.g. seabirds and marine mammals, for their prey, and for fisheries. I also work on the implications of bycatch for predators, and the consequences of limiting bycatch for fisheries. Methods used and under development include: modelling the spatial distributions of predators and prey; the analysis of mark-recapture data; modelling trophic interactions; Bayesian methods including state-space (or hidden process) models.
Recent publications
2 (of 2 published available) for scs10 with keyword Drag clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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PLoS ONE
vol.13
(Article)
Tomoko Narazaki, Saana Isojunno, Douglas P. Nowacek, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christian Ramp, Sophie Caroline Smout, Kagari Aoki, Volker Bernt Deecke, Katsufumi Sato, Patrick Miller
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.219 pp.2458-2468
(Article)
Patrick Miller, Tomoko Narazaki, Saana Isojunno, Kagari Aoki, Sophie Caroline Smout, Katsufumi sato
Keywords: Body condition, Lipid, Hydrodynamic performance, Drag, BuoyancyAgricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Contact Details:
Dr Sophie SmoutThe Observatory
Buchanan Gardens
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 9LZ
Fife
UK
tel: 01334 461829
fax:
room: 2.02
email: scs10@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
Sea Mammal Research Unit
School of Biology
National Centre for Statistical Ecology
Scottish Oceans Institute
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Scottish Oceans Institute
Institiud Chuantan na h-Alba
Gatty Marine Laboratory
East Sands St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Scotland
UK
tel: +44 (0) 1334 463472
fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443
email: soi@st-andrews.ac.uk
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