Minimizing errors in the analysis of dive recordings from shallow-diving animals

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Hagihara, Rie ^a   Jones, Rhondda E ^a   Sheppard, James K ^a,b   Hodgson, Amanda J ^a,c   Marsh, Helene ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal animal; Dive analysis software; Dive threshold; Dugong; Time depth recorder (TDR); Zero offset correction (ZOC)

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; MARINE MAMMAL; SHALLOW WATER; SOFTWARE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; DUGONG DUGON; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952739886     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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