Abundance of Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in 2004 estimated from photo-identification data

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-99

  Koski, W R ^a   Zeh, J ^b   Mocklin, J ^c   Davis, A R ^a   Rugh, D J ^c   George, J C ^d   Suydam, R ^d  

^a LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATE; ARCTIC; BEAUFORT SEA; BOWHEAD WHALE; MARK RECAPTURE; PHOTO ID; SURVEY AERIAL

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; POPULATION MODELING; SURVEY; WHALE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POINT BARROW; UNITED STATES;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 79952634322     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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