Spatially explicit model of wintering common loons: Conservation implications

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 492, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-283

  Winiarski, Kristopher J ^a,b   Miller, David L ^a   Paton, Peter W C ^a   McWilliams, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial line transect survey; Chlorophyll a; Density surface model; Distance sampling; Gavia immer; Spatially explicit abundance models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

NEW ENGLAND; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887451367     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10492     Document Type: Article

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