Integrating multiple data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Scottish waters

Mammal Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-88

  Cheney, Barbara ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a   Ingram, Simon N ^a   Hammond, Philip S ^b   Stevick, Peter T ^c   Durban, John W ^d   Culloch, Ross M ^e   Elwen, Simon H ^a,l   Mandleberg, Laura ^c   Janik, Vincent M ^b   Quick, Nicola J ^b   Islas Villanueva, Valentina ^b   Robinson, Kevin P ^f   Costa, Marina ^f   Eisfeld, Sonja M ^f   Walters, Alice ^g   Phillips, Charlie ^g   Weir, Caroline R ^h   Evans, Peter G H ⁱ   Anderwald, Pia ⁱ   Reid, Robert J ^j   Reid, James B ^k   Wilson, Ben ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit CRRU   (United Kingdom)

^g WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^h Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Wellington Place   (United Kingdom)

^j SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^k JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

Cetacean; Citizen science; Coastal zone management; Renewable energy; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DOLPHIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871314020     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00208.x     Document Type: Review

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