Whales from space: Counting southern right whales by satellite

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Fretwell, Peter T ^a   Staniland, Iain J ^a   Forcada, Jaume ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALF (MAMMAL); CETACEA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; MORTALITY; NEAR EXTINCT SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE; SPACE; TECHNOLOGY; WHALE; ANIMAL; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; AUTOMATION; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WHALES;

EID: 84895725448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088655     Document Type: Article

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