Capture-recapture estimates of Hector's dolphin abundance at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-216

  Gormley, Andrew M ^a   Dawson, Stephen M ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a   Bräger, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Capture recapture; Cephalorhynchus hectori; Hector's dolphin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD;

AUSTRALASIA; BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; CORYPHAENIDAE;

EID: 18244400241     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01224.x     Document Type: Article

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