Survival rates for a declining population of bottlenose dolphins in doubtful sound, New Zealand: An information theoretic approach to assessing the role of human impacts

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 658-670

  Currey, Rohan J C ^a   Dawson, Stephen M ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a   Schneider, Karsten ^a   Lusseau, David ^a,b   Boisseau, Oliver J ^a,c   Haase, Patti ^a   Williams, Jamelia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; DOLPHIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; DOUBTFUL SOUND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 70349119111     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1015     Document Type: Article

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