Research areas
My research interests focus on the behaviour and habitat use of marine vertebrates at sea. Using biologging technologies to track marine predators, I investigate the factors that affect their movement strategies and how they interact with their environment. I am particularly interested in how behavioural strategies develop in juvenile animals, and how we can quantify these behaviours from animal movement data using emerging statistical modelling techniques. My current project aims to investigate the ecosystem-level significance of anthropogenic structures as artificial reefs in the North Sea, using predators as indicator species.
PhD supervision
- Hannah Wyles
- Maria Clara Iruzun Martins
Selected publications
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Open access
From pup to predator: generalized hidden Markov models reveal rapid development of movement strategies in a naïve long-lived vertebrate
Carter, M., McClintock, B. T., Embling, C. B., Bennett, K. A., Thompson, D. & Russell, D. J. F., May 2020, In: Oikos. 129, 5, p. 630-642 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive ontogeny of early-life at-sea behaviour in a marine top predator
Carter, M. I. D., Russell, D. J. F., Embling, C. B., Blight, C. J., Thompson, D., Hosegood, P. J. & Bennett, K. A., 14 Nov 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 14 p., 15505.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds
Carter, M. I. D., Bennett, K. A., Embling, C. B., Hosegood, P. J. & Russell, D. J. F., 26 Oct 2016, In: Movement Ecology. 4, 20 p., 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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GPS tracking reveals rafting behaviour of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus): implications for foraging ecology and conservation
Carter, M. I. D., Cox, S. L., Scales, K. L., Bicknell, A. W. J., Nicholson, M. D., Atkins, K. M., Morgan, G., Morgan, L., Grecian, W. J., Patrick, S. C. & Votier, S. C., 2016, In: Bird Study. 63, 1, p. 83-95 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review