Abstract

This special session focused on marine animal movement ecology in the wider-Caribbean region. We understand animal movement ecology as the study of ecological interactions associated with animal movement in the oceans, for better understanding the causes, mechanisms, patterns, and consequences of all movement. We thought that conveying this session at GCFI was important because animal movement ecology has broad applicability across taxa, habitat, and spatial scales, and it supports addressing holistic scientific and management questions. Thereafter, the goals of the session were to: i) Bring together scientists from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean to highlight the role that movement ecology plays in ecosystem based management, ii) Learn from each other about emerging methods, technologies, and species-specific movement ecologies, and iii) Build connectivity amongst Gulf and Caribbean scientists needed to assess movement ecology at the Large Marine Ecosystem scale.

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