Chapter title |
Expert Elicitation of Population-Level Effects of Disturbance.
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Chapter number | 35 |
Book title |
The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_35 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-2980-1, 978-1-4939-2981-8
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Authors |
Erica Fleishman, Mark Burgman, Michael C. Runge, Robert S. Schick, Scott Kraus, Fleishman, Erica, Burgman, Mark, Runge, Michael C, Schick, Robert S, Kraus, Scott, Runge, Michael C., Schick, Robert S. |
Editors |
Arthur N. Popper, Anthony Hawkins |
Abstract |
Expert elicitation is a rigorous method for synthesizing expert knowledge to inform decision making and is reliable and practical when field data are limited. We evaluated the feasibility of applying expert elicitation to estimate population-level effects of disturbance on marine mammals. Diverse experts estimated parameters related to mortality and sublethal injury of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). We are now eliciting expert knowledge on the movement of right whales among geographic regions to parameterize a spatial model of health. Expert elicitation complements methods such as simulation models or extrapolations from other species, sometimes with greater accuracy and less uncertainty. |
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Researcher | 6 | 40% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 13% |
Student > Master | 2 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 1 | 7% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 7% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 3 | 20% |
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Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 7% |
Decision Sciences | 1 | 7% |
Other | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 3 | 20% |