Evaluating the statistical power of detecting changes in the abundance of seabirds at sea

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-126

  Maclean, Ilya M D ^a   Rehfisch, Mark M ^b   Skov, Henrik ^c   Thaxter, Chris B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Marine protected area; Monitoring biodiversity; Offshore wind farm; Population change; Power analysis; Survey design; Variance component

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; SEABIRD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND FARM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 84870759295     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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