Abundance of blue and humpback whales in the eastern north pacific estimated by capture-recapture and line-transect methods

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-85

  Calambokidis, John ^a   Barlow, Jay ^b  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Assessment methods; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Capture recapture; Eastern North Pacific; Humpback whale; Line transect; Megaptera novaeangliae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LINE TRANSECT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MUSCULUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0347900615     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01141.x     Document Type: Review

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