A simulation study of acoustic-assisted tracking of whales for mark-recapture surveys.

Collecting enough data to obtain reasonable abundance estimates of whales is often difficult, particularly when studying rare species. Passive acoustics can be used to detect whale sounds and are increasingly used to estimate whale abundance. Much of the existing effort centres on the use of acousti...

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Main Authors: David Peel, Brian S Miller, Natalie Kelly, Steve Dawson, Elisabeth Slooten, Michael C Double
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4020746?pdf=render