Optimizing survey design for Scandinavian harbour seals: Population trend as an ecological quality element

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 952-958

  Teilmann, Jonas ^a   Rigét, Frank ^a   Harkonen, Tero ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Phoca vitulina; Statistical power; Survey interval; Survey replicates; Trimmed mean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLT; MONITORING; PINNIPED; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; SUBPOPULATION; SURVEY DESIGN;

SCANDINAVIA;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 77953645527     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq001     Document Type: Review

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