Abundance estimates of Southern Hemisphere Breeding Stock 'D' humpback whales from aerial and land-based surveys off Shark Bay, Western Australia, 2008

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 3, 2011, Pages 209-221

  Hedley, Sharon L ^a   Bannister, John L ^b   Dunlop, Rebecca A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Humpback whale; Migration; Southern hemisphere; Survey aerial; Survey shore based

Indexed keywords

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

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865346280     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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