Comparison of vertical aerial photographic and ground censuses of steller sea lions at Ano Nuevo Island, July 1990-1993

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-218

  Westlake, Robin L ^a   Perryman, Wayne L ^a   Ono, Kathryn A ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ano Nuevo Island; Eumetopias jubatus; ground counts; non pups; pups; replicate surveys; Steller sea lion; trends in abundance; vertical aerial photo counts

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GROUND COUNT; GROUND COUNTS; MAMMALS; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; PUPS; ROOKERIES; SAMPLING; STELLAR SEA LIONS; STELLER SEA LION; VERTICAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, ANO NUEVO;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 0030619252     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00628.x     Document Type: Article

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