A population estimate of Heaviside's dolphins, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, at the southern end of their range

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-124

  Elwen, Simon H ^a   Reeb, Desray ^a,b   Thornton, Meredith ^a   Best, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cephalorhynchus heavisidii; Chapman's modified Petersen estimate; Heaviside's dolphin; Mark recapture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DOLPHIN; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALORHYNCHUS HEAVISIDII;

EID: 58349116137     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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