Estimating north pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica density using passive acoustic cue counting

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Marques, Tiago A ^a,b   Munger, Lisa ^c   Thomas, Len ^a   Wiggins, Sean ^c   Hildebrand, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Acoustic recording package; Arp; Bering sea; Distance sampling; Harp; High frequency acoustic package; Normal mode propagation; Point transects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; WHALE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA JAPONICA;

EID: 80054769789     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00325     Document Type: Article

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