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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 sandeel clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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ICES Journal of Marine Science
(Article)
mark Dickey-Collas, Georg Engelhard, Anna RIndorf, Kristina Raab, Sophie Caroline Smout, Geert Aarts, Martin van Deurs, Thomas Brunel, Ayoe Hoff, Rebecca Lauerberg, Stefan Garthe, Ken Haste Anderson, F Scott, T van Kooten, Douglas Beare, Myron Peck
Keywords: biomass reserves, ecosystem approach, herring, sandeel, size based, sprat
Journal of Applied Ecology
vol.50 pp.1071-1079
(Article)
Sophie Caroline Smout, Anna Rindorf, Sarah Wanless, Francis Daunt, Michael P. Harris, Jason Matthiopoulos
Keywords: Ammodytes marinus , Chick provisioning, Good Environmental Status, Indicator species, MCMC , predatorâprey interactions, Seabird diet, Sprattus sprattus , Uria aalge
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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