Finless porpoise abundance in Omura Bay, Japan: Estimation from aerial sighting surveys

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 286-291

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

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Takada Junior College   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial sighting survey; Finless porpoise; Japan; Line transect sampling; Neophocaena phocaenoides; Omura Bay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; PORPOISE;

JAPAN; OMUSA BAY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENIDES; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0031977859     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802290     Document Type: Article

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