Methods for investigating measurement error in cetacean line-transect surveys

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Williams, Rob ^a,b   Leaper, Russell ^c   Zerbini, Alexandre N ^d   Hammond, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Pearse Island   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CETACEAN; ERROR ANALYSIS; LINE TRANSECT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURVEYING;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA;

EID: 33847355251     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055154     Document Type: Article

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