Accuracy of ARGOS locations of pinnipeds at-sea estimated using fastloc GPS

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Costa, Daniel P ^a   Robinson, Patrick W ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^b   Harrison, Autumn Lynn ^a   Simmons, Samantha E ^a   Hassrick, Jason L ^a   Hoskins, Andrew J ^b   Kirkman, Stephen P ^d   Oosthuizen, Herman ^c   Villegas Amtmann, Stella ^a   Crocker, Daniel E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARGOS; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; DENSITY; DIVING; ELECTRONICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS DORIFERUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PINNIPEDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649294005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008677     Document Type: Article

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