Profile

Dr Sophie Smout
Lecturer (Education Focused)

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.

2 (of 2 published available) for scs10 with keyword sandeel clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
Please click title of any item for full details