Passive acoustic methods applied to fin whale population density estimation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2643-2651

  McDonald, Mark A ^a   Fox, Christopher G ^b  

^a Hatfield Marine Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROPHONE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; WHALE;

EID: 0032891203     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426880     Document Type: Article

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