Survival estimates for Florida manatees from the photo-identification of individuals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-463

  Langtimm, Catherine A ^a   Beck, Cathy A ^a   Edwards, Holly H ^b   Fick Child, Kristin J ^b   Ackerman, Bruce B ^b   Barton, Sheri L ^c   Hartley, Wayne C ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Florida Park Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Manatee; Photo identification; Program MARK; Sighting probabilities; Survival probabilities; Temporal variance; Trichechus manatus latirostris

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHNS COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CHRISTIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 3943099387     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01171.x     Document Type: Article

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