Effect of surfacing patterns on abundance estimates of long-diving animals

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 631-638

  Okamura, Hiroshi ^a   Minamikawa, Shingo ^a,b   Kitakado, Toshihide ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b Little Leonardo Inc   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; g(0); Line transect sampling; Long diving animals; Simulation test; Surfacing patterns

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745029282     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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