Informing species conservation at multiple scales using data collected for marine mammal stock assessments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Grech, Alana ^a   Sheppard, James ^a,b   Marsh, Helene ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL WATERS; DUGONG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DUGONG DUGON; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; DUGONG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953156292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017993     Document Type: Article

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