A bayesian hierarchical model for monitoring harbor seal changes in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-219

  Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a   Frost, Kathryn J ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial surveys; Exxon Valdez oil spill; Harbor seal; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Phoca vitulina richardsi; Poisson regression; Population monitoring; Prince William Sound; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MONITORING; PINNIPED; POPULATION MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDSI; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0038712794     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023626308538     Document Type: Article

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