Population estimates from aerial photographic surveys of naturally and variably marked bowhead whales

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Schweder, Tore ^a   Sadykova, Dinara ^a   Rugh, David ^b   Koski, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bootstrap; Capture recapture; Confidence curve; Event history; False negatives; Photo identification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; SURVEY; WHALE;

ALASKA; POINT BARROW; UNITED STATES;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 77951768036     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-009-0002-1     Document Type: Article

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