Group IV humpback whales: Their status from aerial and landbased surveys off Western Australia, 2005

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 3, 2011, Pages 223-234

  Paxton, Charles G M ^a   Hedley, Sharon L ^b   Bannister, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b The Schoolhouse Denhead ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Humpback whale; Line transect; Methodology; Migration; Modelling; Southern hemisphere; Survey combined; Trends

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AERIAL SURVEY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LINE TRANSECT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84864976321     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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