Estimating population status under conditions of uncertainty: The Ross seal in East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-133

  Southwell, Colin J ^a   Paxton, Charles G M ^b   Borchers, David L ^b   Boveng, Peter L ^c   Nordøy, Erling S ^d   Blix, Arnoldus Schytte ^d   De La Mare, William K ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Model based inference; Population status

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; ANTARCTIC TREATY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PACK ICE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 40049093734     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000879     Document Type: Article

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