Matt Carter

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Matt Carter

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5481-6254

  • School of Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, UK

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Research overview

My research interests focus on the behaviour and habitat use of marine vertebrates at sea. Using biologging technologies to track marine predators, I investigate the factors that affect their movement strategies and how they interact with their environment. I am particularly interested in how behavioural strategies develop in juvenile animals, and how we can quantify these behaviours from animal movement data using emerging statistical modelling techniques. My current project aims to investigate the ecosystem-level significance of anthropogenic structures as artificial reefs in the North Sea, using predators as indicator species.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, From pup to predator: ontogeny of foraging behaviour in grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pups, University of Plymouth

1 Sept 2014 → 28 Feb 2018

Award Date: 13 Jun 2018

Master in Science, GPS tracking reveals rafting behaviour of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus): implications for foraging ecology and conservation, University of Exeter

1 Sept 2013 → 31 Jul 2014

Award Date: 1 Jul 2014

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  4. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • At-sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: towards transboundary conservation and management

    Carter, M. I. D., Aarts, G., van Beest, F. M., Bivins, M., Brasseur, S. M. J. M., Dietz, R., Duck, C. D., Galatius, A., Gilles, A., Haelters, J., Hastie, G. D., Jessop, M., Morris, C. D., Moss, S. E. W., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nachtsheim, D. A., Schaffeld, T., Schop, J., Siebert, U. & Teilmann, J. & 4 others, Thompson, D., Thompson, P. M., Vincent, C. & Russell, D. J. F., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., e70236.

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  • Scale-dependent foraging behaviour and habitat associations of two sympatric marine top predators

    Carter, M. I. D., Aarts, G., Brasseur, S. M. J. M., Hastie, G. D., Moss, S. E. W., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Teilmann, J., Thompson, D., Thompson, P. M., Vincent, C. & Russell, D. J. F., Feb 2026, In: Landscape Ecology. 41, 2, p. 1-22 22 p., 21.

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  • From pup to predator: generalized hidden Markov models reveal rapid development of movement strategies in a naïve long-lived vertebrate

    Carter, M., McClintock, B. T., Embling, C. B., Bennett, K. A., Thompson, D. & Russell, D. J. F., May 2020, In: Oikos. 129, 5, p. 630-642 12 p.

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  • Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds

    Carter, M. I. D., Bennett, K. A., Embling, C. B., Hosegood, P. J. & Russell, D. J. F., 26 Oct 2016, In: Movement Ecology. 4, 20 p., 25.

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  • Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats

    VanCompernolle, M., Morris, J., Calich, H. J., Rodríguez, J. P., Marley, S. A., Pearce, J. R., Abrahms, B., Abrantes, K., Afonso, A. S., Aguilar, A., Agyekumhene, A., Akamatsu, T., Åkesson, S., Alawa, N. G., Alfaro‐Shigueto, J., Anderson, R. C., Anker‐Nilssen, T., Arata, J. A., Araujo, G. & Arostegui, M. C. & 290 others, Arrizabalaga, H., Arrowsmith, L. M., Auger‐Méthé, M., Avila, I. C., Bailleul, F., Barker, J., Barlow, D. R., Barnett, A., Barrios‐Garrido, H., Baylis, A. M. M., Bearzi, G., Bejder, L., Belda, E. J., Benson, S. R., Berumen, M. L., Bestley, S., Bezerra, N. P. A., Blaison, A. V., Boehme, L., Bograd, S. J., Abimbola, B. D., Bond, M. E., Borrell, A., Bouchet, P. J., Boveng, P., Braulik, G., Braun, C. D., Brodie, S., Bugoni, L., Bustamante, C., Campana, S. E., Cárdenas‐Alayza, S., Carmichael, R. H., Carroll, G., Carter, M. I. D., Ceia, F. R., Cerchio, S., Ferreira, L. C., Chambault, P., Chapple, T. K., Charvet, P., Chavez, E. J., Chevallier, D., Chiaradia, A., Chilvers, B. L., Cimino, M. A., Clark, B. L., Clarke, C. R., Clay, T. A., Cloyed, C. S., Cochran, J. E. M., Collins, T., Cortes, E., Cuevas, E., Curnick, D. J., Dann, P., de Bruyn, P. J. N., de Vos, A., Derville, S., Dias, M. P., Diaz‐Lopez, B., Dodge, K. L., Dove, A. D. M., Doyle, T. K., Drymon, J. M., Dudgeon, C. L., Dutton, P. H., Ellenberg, U., Elwen, S. H., Emmerson, L., Eniang, E. A., Espinoza, M., Esteban, N., Mul, E., Fadely, B. S., Fayet, A. L., Feare, C., Ferguson, S. H., Feyrer, L. J., Finucci, B., Florko, K. R. N., Fontes, J., Fortuna, C. M., Fossette, S., Fouda, L., Frere, E., Fuentes, M. M. P. B., Gallagher, A. J., Borboroglu, P. G., Garrigue, C., Gauffier, P., Gennari, E., Genov, T., Germanov, E. S., Giménez, J., Godfrey, M. H., Godley, B. J., Goldsworthy, S. D., Gollock, M., Carman, V. G., Gownaris, N. J., Grecian, W. J., Guzman, H. M., Hamann, M., Hammerschlag, N., Hansen, E. S., Harris, M. P., Hastie, G., Haulsee, D. E., Hazen, E. L., Heide‐Jørgensen, M. P., Hieb, E. E., Higdon, J. W., Hindell, M. A., Hinke, J. T., Hoenner, X., Hofmeyr, G. J. G., Holmes, B. J., Hoyt, E., Huckstadt, L. A., Hussey, N. E., Huveneers, C., Irvine, L. G., Jabado, R. W., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jaeger, A., Jagielski, P. M., Jessopp, M., Jewell, O. J. D., Alvarado, D. J., Jordan, L. K. B., Jorgensen, S. J., Kahn, B., Karamanlidis, A. A., Kato, A., Keith‐Diagne, L. W., Kiani, M. S., Kiszka, J. J., Kock, A. A., Kopf, R. K., Kuhn, C., Kyne, P. M., Laidre, K. L., Lana, F. O., Lander, M. E., Corre, M. L., Lee, O. A., Leeney, R. H., Levengood, A. L., Levenson, J. J., Libertelli, M., Liu, K., Mendilaharsu, M. L., Loveridge, A., Lowe, C. G., Lynch, H. J., Macena, B. C. L., Mackay, A. I., Madrigal‐Mesén, J., Mallory, M. L., Mangel, J. C., Mansfield, K. L., March, D., Marcoux, M., Marsh, H., Marshall, A. D., Mattern, T., Maxwell, S. M., McGuire, R. L., McLeay, L., McMahon, C. R., Methion, S., Meyers, E. K. M., Michelot, C., Masere, C., Minton, G., Morales‐Vela, B., Mucientes, G., Murua, H., Nicoll, M. A. C., Niella, Y., Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G., Oppel, S., Orgeret, F., Oswald, J. N., Owen, E., Pacoureau, N., Paiva, V. H., Palacios, D. M., Panigada, S., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Parra, G. J., Parsons, S. K., Patterson‐Fraser, D. L., Peckham, S. H., Petersen, S. D., Pichegru, L., Pierce, S. J., Pipa, T., Pirotta, E., Pistorius, P., Pollom, R. A., Prieto, R., Prosdocimi, L., Pütz, K., Queiroz, N., Quinn, J. L., Ramos, J. A., Raudino, H. C., Recalde‐Salas, A., Rees, A. F., Reina, R. D., Reisinger, R. R., Reynolds, S. D., Richardson, A. J., Riddoch, N. G., Riet‐Sapriza, F. G., Robbins, J. R., Robinson, D. P., Rodríguez, A., Rogers, T. L., Rohner, C. A., Rojas‐Cañizales, D., Ruhomaun, K., Kent, C. S., Sato, K., Scales, K. L., Scheidat, M., Schofield, G., Serena, F., Setyawan, E., Shaffer, S. A., Shea, B. D., Shearer, L., Sheaves, M., Sherley, R. B., Shillinger, G. L., Shimada, T., Silva, M. A., Skomal, G., Smith, R. A., Smoothey, A. F., Soldo, A., Southall, E. J., Steinfurth, A., Stewart, D. B., Stewart, J. D., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V., Thalmann, S., Thiebot, J., Tomás, J., Torres, L. G., Trathan, P. N., Trillmich, F., Ueda, K., Vandeperre, F., Vanstreels, R. E. T., Vedor, M., Villegas‐Amtmann, S., Waller, L. J., Waller, M., Wanless, S., Waples, K., Watt, C. A., Wege, M., Weir, C. R., Wells, R. S., Wensveen, P. J., White, T. D., Whiting, S. D., Wiig, Ø., Wildermann, N. E., Wiley, D. N., Williams, J. L., Williams, R. S., Wilson, K., Witt, M. J., Womersley, F. C., Yurkowski, D. J., Zhang, J., Costa, D. P., Duarte, C. M., Meekan, M. G., Harcourt, R., Sims, D. W., Hays, G. C., Pattiaratchi, C., Eguíluz, V. M. & Sequeira, A. M. M., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Conservation Biology. Early View, p. 1-25 25 p., e70147.

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