Analyzing temporally correlated dolphin sightings data using generalized estimating equations

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-141

  Bailey, Helen ^a,b   Corkrey, Ross ^a,c   Cheney, Barbara ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Correlations; GEE; Interannual variation; Temporal variation; Tidal cycle; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DATA SET; DOLPHIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84871612572     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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