Modeling Common Carp Under-ice Movement Using Hierarchical Markov Simulation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2016
Abstract
Common carp is an invasive species in North American waters, disrupting ecological systems and replacing native species in water systems they enter. Mass removal by seining of this species from infected waters is a labor-intensive task that requires knowledge of their behavior and popular aggregation locations. It has been shown that carp tend to aggregate and slow down during winter months leaving them potentially vulnerable to seining. In 2010, Hennen used a fixed telemetry system to track carp movement during ice-cover periods and reported on their spatial distributions. Expanding on this work, we propose a model to describe the discrete movement of carp through a fixed telemetry system using a Bayesian Hierarchical Markov model.
Publication Title
Ecological Modelling
Volume
334
First Page
44
Last Page
50
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.04.014
Publisher
Elsevier
Recommended Citation
Armstrong, Douglas E.; Hennen, Matthew J.; Saunders, Christopher P.; Brandenburger, Thomas; Brown, Michael L.; and Neumann, Cedric, "Modeling Common Carp Under-ice Movement Using Hierarchical Markov Simulation" (2016). Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications. 178.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/nrm_pubs/178