Abundance of East coast Australian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in 2005 estimated using multi-point sampling and capture-recapture analysis

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 3, 2011, Pages 253-259

  Paton, David A ^a,b,c   Brooks, Lyndon ^a   Burns, Daniel ^a,b   Franklin, Trish ^a,b,d   Franklin, Wally ^a,b,d   Harrison, Peter ^a,b   Baverstock, Peter ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH PACIFIC WHALE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (Cook Islands)

^c Jamison Centre ^*  (Australia)

^d The Oceania Project   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Capture recapture; Humpback whale; Photo id

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861034964     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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