Spatial modeling of haul-out site use by harbor seals in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 257-264

  Montgomery, R A ^a   Ver Hoef, J M ^a   Boveng, P L ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat; Haul out behavior; Seals; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCORRELATION; DATABASE; GIS; HARBOR; MODELING; PINNIPED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 34547588332     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341257     Document Type: Article

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