Using aerial surveys to estimate density and distribution of harbour porpoises in Dutch waters

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Scheidat, M ^a   Verdaat, H ^a   Aarts, G ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial Survey; Distance sampling; Generalized Additive Mixed Model; Harbour Porpoise; Spatial Distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NETHERLANDS;

PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 84856487968     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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