A Population Size Estimate of the Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, from Aerial Sighting Surveys in Ariake Sound and Tachibana Bay, Japan

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-247

  Yoshida, Hideyoshi ^a   Shirakihara, Kunio ^b   Kishino, Hirohisa ^c   Shirakihara, Miki ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Takada Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial sighting survey; Ariake sound and tachibana bay of japan; Line transect sampling; Neophocaena phocaenoides; Population size estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 0000318722     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765270     Document Type: Article

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