Model-based adaptive monitoring: Improving the effectiveness of reef monitoring programs

Abeysiri Wickrama Liyanaarachc, Pubudu Thilan (2021) Model-based adaptive monitoring: Improving the effectiveness of reef monitoring programs. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.

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The goal of this thesis was to develop innovative adaptive design methods for enhancing the effectiveness of ecological monitoring. This was demonstrated for monitoring the health of our coral reefs where new statistical methods were developed to collect highly informative data at reduced sampling costs when compared to current survey practices. These new methods are expected to encourage adaptive design approaches for reef/ecological monitoring in the future.

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ID Code: 213527
Item Type: QUT Thesis (PhD)
Supervisor: McGree, James, Thompson, Helen, & Caley, Julian
Keywords: Adaptive design, Bayesian experimental design, Ecological monitoring,, Effective reef monitoring, Great Barrier Reef, Gompertz growth model, Interrupted time series regression, long-trem trends, Scott Reef, Semiparametric regression
DOI: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.213527
Divisions: Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Science
Current > Schools > School of Mathematical Sciences
Institution: Queensland University of Technology
Deposited On: 19 Oct 2021 12:27
Last Modified: 17 Jan 2025 00:50