Can citizen science monitor whale-shark aggregations? Investigating bias in mark-recapture modelling using identification photographs sourced from the public

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 696-704

  Davies, Tim K ^a   Stevens, Guy ^b   Meekan, Mark G ^c   Struve, Juliane ^d   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Catemwood House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abundance; flickr; online database; photo identification; resight; survival; threatened species; YouTube

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SHARK; SURVIVAL; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MALDIVES;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 84871839461     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12092     Document Type: Article

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