Population size estimate of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in the Algoa Bay region, South Africa

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-97

  Reisinger, Ryan R ^a   Karczmarski, Leszek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Algoa Bay Eastern Cape South Africa; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Mark recapture analyses; Population estimate; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DOLPHIN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SOFTWARE;

ALGOA BAY; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 73349116563     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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