Estimating multispecies abundance using automated detection systems: Ice-associated seals in the Bering Sea

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1280-1293

  Conn, Paul B ^a   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a   Mcclintock, Brett T ^a   Moreland, Erin E ^a   London, Josh M ^a   Cameron, Michael F ^a   Dahle, Shawn P ^a   Boveng, Peter L ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial survey; Automated detection; Data augmentation; Hierarchical models; Pattern recognition; Spatially restricted regression; Species misidentification; Thermal imagery

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84916942545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12127     Document Type: Article

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