Evaluating the performance of methods for estimating the abundance of rapidly declining coastal shark populations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-392

  McCauley, Douglas J ^a,d   McLean, Kevin A ^b   Bauer, John ^c   Young, Hillary S ^a   Micheli, Fiorenza ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belt transect; Coastal; Computer simulation; Conservation; Density; Ecology; Fishing; Mark and recapture; Point count; Shark; Survey; Video

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BELT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STANDARDIZATION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SHARKS;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84859532030     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1059.1     Document Type: Article

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