Survival estimates of western gray whales Eschrichtius robustus incorporating individual heterogeneity and temporary emigration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 293-307

  Bradford, Amanda L ^a   Wade, Paul R ^b   Weller, David W ^c   Burdin, Alexander M ^d,e   Ivashchenko, Yulia V ^d   Tsidulko, Grigory A ^f   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^a   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^e ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Individual heterogeneity; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Robust design; Sakhalin Island; Survival estimation; Temporary emigration; Western gray whale

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MEGAPTERA; MYSTICETI; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 33746101136     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315293     Document Type: Article

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