Diving Behavior of Mirounga leonina: A Functional Data Analysis Approach

The diving behavior of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, is investigated through the analysis of time-depth dive profiles. The originality of this work is to consider dive profiles as continuous curves. For this purpose, a Functional Data Analysis (FDA) approach is proposed for the shape an...

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Main Authors: Morgan Godard, Claude Manté, Christophe Guinet, Baptiste Picard, David Nerini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00595/full