Variation in harbour seal counts obtained using aerial surveys

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1659-1666

  Cunningham, Louise ^a,b   Baxter, John M ^c   Boyd, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abundance; coefficient of variation; monitoring; Phoca vitulina; Scotland

Indexed keywords

PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 76249116053     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540999155X     Document Type: Article

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