Population dynamics of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Crozet Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean: A mark-recapture study from 1977 to 2002

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Poncelet, Éric ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fisheries; Indian ocean; Killer whale; Mark recapture; Photo ID; Survival

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL; WHALE; WHALING;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; POSSESSION ISLAND [CROZET ISLANDS];

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77951886710     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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