Parameterizing an Agent-Based Model of Tropical Tuna Movement in the Atlantic with Systematic Reviews

Alexandra P. Norelli1,2, David J. Die1,2, and Benjamin T. Moffat1

1. University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2. Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies

Objective Methods

Use a systematic review to create “Fish Profiles” that summarize tropical tuna movement parameters using data Extract numbers from relevant papers into
1 Search boolean statement in Scopus Database. 3 parameter-specific databases.
from more than one source to include appropriate variance in movement simulations.
“Species” OR “Common Name” AND “Speed” OR “Velocity” author year source species location n method speed units type notes
AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “ar”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”)) Blank et al. 2007 WoS and YFT Pacific 5 Swim 0.9 BL/sec average juviniles (67 cm),
SCOPUS Study steady speed

Background 2
Screen relevant papers using highlighted key Summarize the parameters - calculate the mean,
terms in AbstrackR (Wallace et al. 2012). 4 mean weight by s.d., minimum, and maximum.
Agent-Based Models (ABMs) can simulate tropical tuna movement in a computer environment allowing us to test management strategies Title: Tropical Tuna
digitally before we implement them in real life. In an ABM, each tuna is simulated as an object with a ruleset we define based off tuna behavior Abstract:
studies. We used PRISMA systematic review methods to collect data from many behavior studies and transform it into species-specific Bigeye Tuna Velocity
Speed
rulesets with variance (Page et al. 2021). This process reduces uncertainty in our model and ensures we are using the best available science. Tropical Tuna

Bigeye Tuna (BET) Yellowfin Tuna (YFT) Skipjack Tuna (SKJ)

Thunnus obesus Thunnus albacares Katsuwonus pelamis
Most valuble tropical tuna and overfished The most colorful tropical tuna, also overfished Most productive and smallest tropical tuna

Speed (m/s) Speed (m/s) Speed (m/s)

Weighted by 1.14 ± 0.073 Weighted by 0.863 ± 0.015 Weighted by 1.28 ± 0.23
s.d. n=2 s.d. n=7 s.d. n=2
1.07 0.988 1.09
Un-weighted Un-weighted Un-weighted
n=4 n=8 n=7

Temperature Preferences Fish Aggregation Temperature Preferences Fish Aggregation Temperature Preferences Fish Aggregation

Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Temperature

6 Attraction Distance = ? 6 Attraction Distance = 9886 m 6 Attraction Distance = 350 m
Upper Limit (n = 0) Upper Limit (n = 7) Upper Limit (n = 2)
4 Lower Limit 4 Lower Limit 4 Lower Limit
Count
Count

Count
Colonization Time = 23.8 Days Colonization Time = 23.8 Days Colonization Time = 23.8 Days
Min: 20.8 ± 7.0 °C (n = 4) Min: 23.6 ± 5.0 °C (n = 4) Min: 23 ± 3.6 °C (n = 4)
2 Max: 25.2 ± 6.5 °C 2 Max: 28.6 ± 2.0 °C 2 Max: 28.3 ± 2.2 °C
Continuous Residence Time Continuous Residence Time Continuous Residence Time
(n = 12) (n = 22) (n = 15)
CRT = 7.7 ± 8.7 Days CRT = 6.8 ± 6.3 Days CRT = 2.6 ± 2.5 Days
0 0 0
10 20 30 (n = 13) 10 20 30 (n = 28) 10 20 30 (n = 12)
Temperature (°C) Temperature (°C) Temperature (°C)
Oxygen Minimum Zones Oxygen Minimum Zones Oxygen Minimum Zones
The minimum oxygen mean and ranges traversed by tuna The minimum oxygen mean and ranges traversed by tuna The minimum oxygen mean and ranges traversed by tuna
Ambient Temperature in the literature. Ambient Temperature in the literature. Ambient Temperature in the literature.
6 Zhang et al. 2021 6 6
Weng et al. 2017
Upper Limit Min Hu et al. 2018 Upper Limit Min Upper Limit Min
Schaefer et al. 2011 Hu et al. 2018
4 Lower Limit 1.4 ± 0.5 Song and Zhou 2010 Lower Limit 3.1 ± 1.5 Lower Limit 1
4 4 0 2 4 6 8
Count

Count

Count
ml/L ml/L Song et al. 2008 ml/L Oxygen (ml/L)
Song et al. 2009
Min: 14.7 ± 4.6 °C Min: 20.3 ± 3.3 °C Bertrand et al. 2002 Min: 19.3 ± 2.7 °C
2 Max: 23.2 ± 5.4 °C Bigelow and Maunder 2007 2 Max: 25.3 ± 4.0 °C 2 Max: 27.9 ± 2.1 °C
(n = 21) n=8 Musyl et al. 2003 (n = 14) n=7 Brill et al. 1999 (n = 12) n=1 There was not sufficient
0 Bertrand et al. 2002 0 Block et al. 1997 0 data for Skipjack oxygen
10 20 30
Dagorn et al. 2000 10 20 30
Cayre and Marsac 1992
10 20 30 analysis.
Temperature (°C) Temperature (°C) Temperature (°C)
0 2 4 6 8
0 2 4 6 8
Oxygen (ml/L) Oxygen (ml/L)

Conclusions Acknowledgements
This research was carried out under the auspices of the Cooperative Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), a Cooperative Institute of the
University of Miami and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Skipjack are slightly faster Bigeye prefer cooler waters Behavior around FADs is not Bigeye can dive into lower cooperative agreement # NA20OAR4320472, and NOAA QUEST through the

1 swimmers than Bigeye and 2 3 species-specific but Skipjack 4 oxygen zones than Yellowfin 5 Literature insights: Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC).

than Yellowfin or Skipjack.

Yellowfin. residence around FADs (CRT) and Skipjack*.
is half that of Bigeye and • Skipjack has less ambient data
Bigeye
because electronic tagging is scarce.
SST

Bigeye
#1 Skipjack Yellowfin Yellowfin. • Most reports found were from research
Skipjack
#3 Yellowfin Yellowfin conducted in the Pacific and Indian
10 20 30 Overall Fish Aggregation Device (FAD)
statistics: Skipjack Oceans. References
Ambient

Bigeye • Temperature is a more important Page, M. J., et al. (2021). The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline
Yellowfin • Attraction distance: 5.4 nm or 10,074 m
#2 Bigeye Skipjack
0 2 4 6 8 determinant of tuna habitat than for reporting systematic reviews. International Journal of Surgery, 88,
• Colonization time: 23.8 days oxygen.
105906.
Wallace, B.C., K. Small, C. E. Brodley, J. Lau and T. A. Trikalinos. (2012).
10 20 30 • CRT: 6.2 ± 6.4 days *Skipjack needs more data. Deploying an interactive machine learning system in an evidence-based
• Temperature is reported inconsistently. practice center: abstrackr. In Proc. of the ACM International Health
Temperature (°C) Informatics Symposium (IHI). p.819-824.