Making sense of censuses and dealing with missing data: Trends in pup counts of Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus for the period 1972-2004

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-176

  Kirkman, S P ^a,b   Oosthuizen, W H ^b   Meyer M A ^b   Kotze, P G H ^b   Roux, J P ^c   Underhill, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Cape fur seal; Census; Missing data; Namibia; Pup numbers; South Africa; Trends

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; COLONY; FOOD SUPPLY; JUVENILE; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS;

EID: 34948909597     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.2.2.185     Document Type: Article

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