Seabird Populations
The “Seabird Populations” activity provides students with a (guided) opportunity to explore data and use it to make inferences and draw conclusions about a specific seabird population. The first of the three activities (murre studies) allows students to familiarize themselves with the specific study site and methods through exploration with Google Earth, photos, and tracking data. The second activity (can I have some murre data?) guides students through analysis of population, food source, and reproductive success data. And the third activity (murre or less?) can be used as an assessment, requiring students to put it all together to draw conclusions and make suggestions about the seabird population.
Authors: Elizabeth Eubanks, Robyn Ehrlich, Helen Haskell; EARTH 2015
Lesson Resources
Products
- Data repository
- Image gallery
- Video library
- Creature feature
- Deep-sea wallpapers
- Seminars
- Research software
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- Video Annotation and Reference System
- Oceanographic Decision Support System
- MB-System seafloor mapping software
- Matlab scripts: Linear regressions
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- Introduction to Model I and Model II linear regressions
- A brief history of Model II regression analysis
- Index of downloadable files
- Summary of modifications
- Regression rules of thumb
- Results for Model I and Model II regressions
- Graphs of the Model I and Model II regressions
- Which regression: Model I or Model II?
- Matlab scripts: Oceanographic calculations
- Matlab scripts: Sound velocity
- Visual Basic for Excel: Oceanographic calculations
- Educational resources
- Publications
- Sample archive