Comparing cetacean abundance estimates derived from spatial models and design-based line transect methods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 329, Issue , 2007, Pages 289-299

  De Segura, Amaia Gómez ^a   Hammond, Philip S ^b   Cañadas, Ana ^c   Raga, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ALNITAK   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; GAMs; Generalised additive models; Population size estimation; Spatial models; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LINE TRANSECT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 33846971645     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps329289     Document Type: Article

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