3D Diel Utilization Distribution: a novel perspective to understand marine turtle-fishery interaction - R Code
This repository provides the R code used in the following research paper:
Javier Menéndez-Blázquez 
, Jessica Ruff, Ricardo Sagarminaga, Brendan J. Godley, and David March - 3D Diel Utilization Distribution: a novel perspective to understand marine turtle-fishery interaction, doi:
| Folder | Description |
|---|---|
analysis/01_tracking |
Location processing, filtering, and movement regularization. |
analysis/02_3d_process |
Vertical habitat use calculation and 3D-MKDE model development. |
analysis/03_3d_fishing-effort |
Integration of fishing effort data and fishery-interaction analysis. |
analysis/04_habitat_use |
Statistical modeling of 3D habitat suitability. |
analysis/05_statistics_analysis |
Final statistical synthesis of home-range and overlap metrics. |
fig/ |
R scripts and visualization pipelines for publication-quality figures. |
setup.R |
Environment configuration, package dependencies, and global parameters. |
See Data availability statement in the published article
Copyright (c) 2026. Javier Menéndez-Blázquez
@jmenblaz 
Licensed under the MIT License
This study was supported by the BBVA Foundation (Ayudas Fundación BBVA a Equipos de Investigación Científica 2016), NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, the Balearic Islands Coastal and Forecasting System, and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 79493. DM and JMB acknowledge support from the Generalitat Valenciana through the GenT program (CIDEGENT/2021/058).