Hi all -
I am new to occupancy modeling, but am looking into trying to apply it to a variety of questions in aquatic community ecology. As far as I know, very few aquatic types are employing these approaches (though I know mark-recapture is a common population estimation method in fisheries science). I think this is largely because they are not aware of its applicability (I know I wasn't).
I am interested in putting together a special session at the upcoming joint meeting of NABS (a stream ecology society) and ASLO (lake/marine ecology) in June 2010 to introduce occupancy modeling to the stream and lake ecology world. I'm looking for contact information for folks that are using OM to address interesting (aquatic ecology) questions. If I can find enough speakers, I think it will be an excellent session.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers,
Trey