Using citizen-science data to identify local hotspots of seabird occurrence

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ward, Eric J ^a   Marshall, Kristin N ^a   Ross, Toby ^b   Sedgley, Adam ^b   Hass, Todd ^c,d   Pearson, Scott F ^e   Joyce, Gerald ^b,f   Hamel, Nathalie J ^b,g   Hodum, Peter J ^b,h   Faucett, Rob ^b,d  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Seattle Audubon Society   (United States)

^c School of Marine Affairs   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Wildlife Research Division   (United States)

^f Moon Joyce Resources   (United States)

^g Residency Program   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Hotspots; Occupancy models; Puget sound; Salish sea; Seabirds; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATERFOWL; WEATHER;

MELANITTA FUSCA; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 84926443306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.704     Document Type: Article

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