Assessment of mark-recapture models to estimate the abundance of a humpback whale feeding aggregation in Southeast Alaska

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-438

  Straley, Janice M ^a,b   Quinn Ii, Terrance J ^a   Gabriele, Christine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Alaska   (United States)

^c Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Capture probability; Endangered species; Heterogeneity; Humpback whales; Mark recapture; Monitoring; Movement; Photo identification; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATFISH; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 60349129295     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01906.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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