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As we go down the road of
these analyses, we have to realize that the models that we generate are only
going to be as good as the data that we put into them
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That the models we are
creating are temporally explicit
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The questions addressed with
empirical models should be primarily targeted at building better
hypotheses not creating predictive maps.
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With all of these caveats
though, we are excited because we should be able to map out relationships we
observe in our data and test them objectively
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We will be able to define
and test stronger hypotheses
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We will be able to develop
better sampling strategies and monitoring plans
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And we will be able to show
spatial interactions between cetaceans and their habitat, which while it
sounds pretty basic, is really pretty substantial towards understanding the
overall goals that I mentioned at the beginning.
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And with that, I am done.
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thanks
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