A test for bias attributable to seabird avoidance of ships during surveys conducted in the tropical pacific

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-179

  Borberg, J M ^a   Ballance, Lisa T ^a   Pitman, R L Robert L ^a   Ainley, D G ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biases; Seabirds; Ship avoidance; Strip transect; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD;

AVES; FREGATA; FREGATIDAE; GYGIS; GYGIS ALBA; PSEUDOMUGIL; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 33748304214     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: 10183337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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