Passive acoustic density estimation of sperm whales in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ward, Jessica A ^a   Thomas, Len ^b   Jarvis, Susan ^c   Dimarzio, Nancy ^c   Moretti, David ^c   Marques, Tiago A ^d   Dunn, Charlotte ^b   C laridge, Diane ^b   Hartvig, Eva ^b   Tyack, Peter ^e  

^a NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

^d BAHAMAS MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (Bahamas)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal density; Passive acoustic array; Physeter macrocephalus; Population size; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARRAY; DATA SET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; HYDROPHONE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SONAR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; TONGUE OF THE OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 84867234204     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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