To see or not to see: investigating detectability of Ganges River dolphins using a combined visual-acoustic survey.

To see or not to see: investigating detectability of Ganges River dolphins using a combined visual-acoustic survey.

Detection of animals during visual surveys is rarely perfect or constant, and failure to account for imperfect detectability affects the accuracy of abundance estimates. Freshwater cetaceans are among the most threatened group of mammals, and visual surveys are a commonly employed method for estimat...

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Main Authors: Nadia I Richman, James M Gibbons, Samuel T Turvey, Tomonari Akamatsu, Benazir Ahmed, Emile Mahabub, Brian D Smith, Julia P G Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24805782/?tool=EBI

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