V. Lesage

A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate reproduction of North Atlantic right whales

This paper develops a multistate capture-recapture model to estimate calving probabilities in North Atlantic right whales using sightings data from 1990-2019, finding decreased calving rates after a 2010 regime shift and links to prey availability and severe injury.

Dealing with lipid effects and lipid-extraction biases in δ13C and δ15N isotopic studies: a solution based on 28 marine invertebrate, fish and mammal species

This study compares lipid extraction and normalization models to correct δ13C and δ15N biases in marine species, finding taxon-specific models improve accuracy.

A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate cause-specific injury and mortality of North Atlantic right whales

This study estimates cause-specific injury and mortality rates of North Atlantic right whales using a multistate capture-recapture model, finding increased entanglement injuries and mortality in females with calves.

Pose-gait analysis for cetaceans with biologging tags

This paper introduces an automated pipeline for analyzing cetacean gait from biologging tag data, achieving high accuracy in orientation and motion detection.

Extracting spatial networks from capture-recapture data reveal structured habitat use within a marine mammal's spatial range

The paper uses multilevel multinomial models to analyze capture-recapture data and identify structured habitat use in belugas, revealing clusters of individuals with distinct spatial preferences.