Quantitative assessment of species identification in aerial transect surveys for ice-associated seals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1057-1076

  McClintock, Brett T ^a   Moreland, Erin E ^a   London, Joshua M ^a   Dahle, Shawn P ^a   Brady, Gavin M ^a   Richmond, Erin L ^a   Yano, Kymberly M ^a   Boveng, Peter L ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial survey; Ice associated seals; Latent state model; Partial state observation; Phocidae; Photo identification; Satellite imagery; Species misclassification; Species misidentification; Species occurrence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; AGE CLASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COMMUNITY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PINNIPED; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; HISTRIOPHOCA FASCIATA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA FASCIATA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCA LARGHA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 84937023420     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12206     Document Type: Article

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