Modeling the effect of boat traffic on the fluctuation of humpback whale singing activity in the Abrolhos National Marine Park, Brazil

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-181

  Sousa Lima, Renata S ^a   Clark, Christopher W ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MARINE PARKS; NATIONAL PARKS; QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS;

BOATS;

EID: 51449095219     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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