Improving population estimates by quantifying diving and surfacing patterns: A dugong example

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 348-366

  Hagihara, Rie ^a   Jones, Rhondda E ^a   Grech, Alana ^a   Lanyon, Janet M ^b   Sheppard, James K ^a,c   Marsh, Helene ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial survey; Availability bias; Diving; Dugong; Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM); Marine mammal; Population; Sirenia

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TELEMETRY; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DUGONG DUGON; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA;

EID: 84891143179     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12041     Document Type: Article

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