Marie Auger-Méthé
@AugerMethe
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Statistical Ecologist with a passion for all Arctic and marine species. Associate Professor at UBC.
Joined April 2015
RESEARCH: Incorporating sparse labels into hidden Markov models using weighted likelihoods improves accuracy and interpretability in biologging studies. Co-authored by @tessmcrae, @BiologistVolpov, Andrew Trites (@ubcmarinemammal) and Marie @AugerMethe
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Ecologists often use a hidden Markov model to decode a latent process, such as a sequence of an animal’s behaviours, from an observed biologging time series. Modern technological devices such as...
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This idiom means to fail or succeed. In a literal sense, ringed #seals don't sink, but they do dive and swim, which researchers monitored to understand how they hunt and feed on their prey - basically their foraging behaviour. #OceanIdioms
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Thanks as well to @WWFCanada and the Arctic Species Conservation Fund.
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Thanks especially to the town of #Mittimatalik for supporting the tagging efforts. We are grateful to have the privilege of learning from these culturally important narwhal in Inuit Nunangat.
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We found that the composite stress index was able to capture subtle but important influences on behaviors and their expression. In all, this case study presents a useful tool for incorporating information collected from single handling events for movement modelling.
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In this paper, we explore the use of a modified composite stress index, building on the foundations of allostatic load indices, to inform movement modeling for narwhal.
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✨️Happy to share our latest publication on incorporating common health metrics into hidden Markov modeling 🐋 with @AugerMethe, @NEHmarine, and my other amazing co-authors✨️
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Abstract. Individual animal health assessments are a key consideration for conservation initiatives. Environmental shifts associated with climate change, s
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Apply now! Workshop: Analysing animal movement in the marine environment. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 19-23 May 2025 https://t.co/7jMfE3o4bR
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@UBCStatistics Profs. Alexandre Bouchard-Côté & Trevor Campbell, along with collaborators from UdeM & SFU, are leading a CANSSI CRT project on distributed MCMC methods. Funded grad student positions available in Bayesian stats & computational methods: https://t.co/RVWrWopFjT
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FRIDAY: Join us online at 11 am PT as Dr. @rocio_joo from @GlobalFishWatch discusses "Vessel movement analysis to investigate forced labor at sea". RSVP: https://t.co/h9nceqZb1H
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Interested in understanding how fish spawning events affect gull movement and reproductive success? Come do an MSc with Mark Hipfner (ECCC) and I (UBC). Application deadline Nov 15, details:
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And with #UBCOceans' Dr. Marie @AugerMethe too!
Interested in animal movement and seagulls? Come do an MSc with Dr. Mark Hipfner (ECCC) and I. Application deadline: November 15, 2024. See
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Interested in animal movement and seagulls? Come do an MSc with Dr. Mark Hipfner (ECCC) and I. Application deadline: November 15, 2024. See
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🌟 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🌟 We’re searching for talented faculty members!🎓 Please help us spread the word far and wide!!! 📣📢 @ubcstatistics #academicjobs #hiringnow Learn more: https://t.co/5N9YXWVZhe;
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📢✨ Join us for a virtual info session about UBC Statistics graduate programs on November 19, 2024, from 9 to 10 AM PST! Learn more about our offerings and get your questions answered. Register here: https://t.co/waQxsT6azm We can’t wait to see you there! 🙌🌟
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Postdoctoral Fellowship: Climate change impacts on Northwest Atlantic marine ecosystems and fisheries Come join our team @marineinstitute @MemorialU in St. John's 🇨🇦 & work with the fantastic @FishMip family Two years, $70K/year + benefits Details: https://t.co/hGbUwNXIdj
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Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Reid, a citizen of the @NLGNisgaaNation, who will be inducted into the @src_rsc College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. @ubcscience
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Royal Society of Canada welcomes UBC Science profs Drs Margo Seltzer @margo_seltzer @UBC_CS Marie Auger-Méthé @AugerMethe @UBCoceans @UBCStatistics Kayla King @kaylacking @ZoologyUBC @UBCMicroImmuno & Andrea Reid (Centre for Indigenous Fisheries). @src_rsc
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**Please share/Apply** We're hiring a postdoc to work on conservation social science and the ethics of caribou recovery, with partners at @Splatsinfn Cold Lake FN, Cdn Forest Service, UofAb, UofGuelph, and @BiodivPathways. More funding available - pls ask for details!
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