Photographic mark-recapture analysis of clustered mammal-eating killer whales around the Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1591-1604

  Durban, J ^a   Ellifrit, D ^c   Dahlheim, M ^a   Waite, J ^a   Matkin, C ^b   Barrett Lennard, L ^d   Ellis, G ^e   Pitman, R ^f   LeDuc, R ^f   Wade, P ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^f SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COASTAL WATER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84995363523     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1432-6     Document Type: Article

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