Estimating seasonal abundance trends and survival probabilities of humpback whales in Hervey Bay (east coast Australia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 1999, Pages 291-301

  Chaloupka, Milani ^b   Osmond, Michael ^a   Kaufman, Greg ^a  

^a Pacific Whale Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Great Barrier Reef; Humpback whales; Mark recapture; Robust design; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

AUSTRALIA; HERVEY BAY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0033612712     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps184291     Document Type: Article

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