Use of discovery curves to assess abundance of Hawaiian monk seals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 847-861

  Baker, Jason D ^a,b   Harting, Albert L ^c   Johanos, Thea C ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Harting Biological Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Discovery curves; Hawaiian monk seal; Monachus schauinslandi

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FIELD METHOD; PINNIPED; POPULATION DENSITY;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 33748943146     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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