Estimates of sperm whale abundance in the northeastern temperate pacific from a combined acoustic and visual survey

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-445

  Barlow, Jay ^a   Taylor, Barbara L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Acoustic survey; Density; Hydrophone array; Line transect; North Pacific; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; Visual survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; WHALE;

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

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 20744460343     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01242.x     Document Type: Article

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