Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 793-818

  Barlow, Jay ^a   Calambokidis, John ^b   Falcone, Erin A ^a,b   Baker, C Scott ^c   Burdin, Alexander M ^d   Clapham, Phillip J ^e   Ford, John K B ^f   Gabriele, Christine M ^g   Leduc, Richard ^b   Mattila, David K ^h   Quinn, Terrance J ⁱ   Rojas Bracho, Lorenzo ^j   Straley, Janice M ^k   Taylor, Barbara L ^a   Urbán R , Jorge ^l   Wade, Paul ^e   Weller, David ^a   Witteveen, Briana H ⁱ   Yamaguchi, Manami ^b,m  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^e ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^g Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

^h Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^j CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^l UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^m Ogasawara Marine Center   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Abundance; Bias; Capture recapture; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Pacific; Photo identification; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BREEDING SITE; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION MODELING; SAMPLING BIAS; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 80053975792     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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