|
Project properties |
|
| Title | Fish and harbour porpoise presence and behaviour in windfarms and at shipwrecks |
| Group | Marine Animal Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Jeroen Hubert |
| Examiner(s) | Tinka Murk, Reindert Nijland, Ronald Osinga, Rosa van der Ven, Diede Maas |
| Contact info | jeroen.hubert@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2024/03/01 |
| End date | 2025/03/01 |
| Description | This project aims to gain insight into fish and harbour porpoise abundance in windfarms and at shipwrecks, the link between fish and porpoise abundance and behaviour, and the link with environmental variables such as tidal patterns, ambient sound, and weather. If time allows, we can also explore what behaviour we can infer from porpoise echolocation click trains. The data is already collected using bottom-moored frames with echosounders, C-pods, and hydrophones. We typically deployed the frames for about 1.5 months in different windfarms and shipwrecks in a paired design. The project will be an opportunity to develop your skills in R, and to think about big data conceptually. |
| Used skills | |
| Requirements | Affinity with R |