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Category: General OSU - HMSC Research Seminar- Collective behavior in dynamic oceanic ecosystems (virtual available)

3:30 pm
May 23, 2024

Oregon State University-Hatfield Marine Science Center

Registration page: OSU - HMSC Research Seminar- Collective behavior in dynamic oceanic ecosystems (virtual available)


Speaker: Will Oestreich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Topic: Collective behavior in dynamic oceanic ecosystems

Animals’ behaviors are strongly influenced by the biophysical dynamics of the ecosystems they inhabit. In recent years, the burgeoning field of collective behavior has aimed to understand how these ecosystem dynamics interact with social information transfer to drive the behavior of individuals, groups, and populations. Oceanic ecosystems provide a valuable opportunity to test, refine, and generalize theory in this field, as the biophysical dynamics of the ocean starkly contrast the systems in which this field has been primarily developed (e.g., free-ranging animals in terrestrial systems and captive animals in controlled laboratory conditions). In my research program, I integrate detailed in situ observations of oceanic predators, prey, and biophysical ecosystem dynamics with computational approaches to understand the role of collective behavior in Earth’s largest habitable space: the pelagic ocean. Here I summarize my recent advances and future plans in understanding collective behavior via a series of vignettes on several oceanic animals’ behaviors and interactions. I share further insights into how this approach can shed light on animals’ capacity for adaptive or maladaptive behavioral response to rapid environmental change in the Anthropocene.

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