Estimating the adult survival rate of central North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 963-972

  Mizroch, S A ^a   Herman, L M ^b   Straley, J M ^c   Glockner Ferrari, D A ^d   Jurasz, C ^e   Darling, J ^f   Cerchio, S ^g,k   Gabriele, C M ^h   Salden, D R ⁱ   Von Ziegesar, O ^j  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus ^*  (United States)

^d Center for Whale Studies   (United States)

^e SeaSearch   (Canada)

^f West Coast Whale Research Foundation   (Canada)

^g MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

ⁱ Hawaii Whale Research Foundation   (United States)

^j Eye of the Whale   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adult survival; Capture recapture; Demography; Humpback whale; Marine mammal; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Pacific; Photo identification; Program MARK

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WORLD;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 12744257199     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BOS-123     Document Type: Article

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