Sources and rates of errors in methods of individual identification for North Atlantic right whales

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1246-1255

  Frasier, Timothy R ^a   Hamilton, Philip K ^b   Brown, Moira W ^b   Kraus, Scott D ^b   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Error rates; Genotyping; Individual identification; Photo identification; Right whale

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ERROR CORRECTION; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 70350515708     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-328.1     Document Type: Article

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