Network analysis of marine fauna movement

Abstract

[eng] Faced with the decrease in the populations of migratory marine species in recent decades, there is a call to increase conservation efforts, which includes synthesizing, quantifying and integrating information on the movement and connectivity of marine animals. In this way, network analysis is a tool that can be applied in this context because it allows the characterization of the structure and dynamics, including connectivity, of spatial systems as a function of the interactions of their components. Then, the aim of this work is to build and describe the network made up of different species of migratory marine animals on a global and regional scale and with this generate information for the understanding of the movement and connectivity of these species.