Mark-resight abundance and survival estimation of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus, in the Swatch-of-No-Ground, Bangladesh

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-578

  Mansur, Rubaiyat Mowgli ^a   Strindberg, Samantha ^b   Smith, Brian D ^b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (Bangladesh)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bangladesh; Bay of Bengal; Bottlenose dolphins; Indian Ocean; Mark resight; Photo identification; Poisson log normal model; Robust design; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

POLLACHIUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 84863524905     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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