A Bayesian approach for understanding the role of ship speed in whale-ship encounters

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2232-2240

  Gende, Scott M ^a   Hendrix, A Noble ^b   Harris, Karin R ^a,c   Eichenlaub, Bill ^d   Nielsen, Julie ^e   Pyare, Sanjay ^f  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b R2 Resource Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bayesian; Change point model; Cruise ship; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; Humpback whale; Ship speed; Ship strike; Ship whale encounters; USA

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; SHIP MOTION; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SHIP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WHALE;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SHIPS; WHALES;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA;

EID: 80051968197     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1965.1     Document Type: Article

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