PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION OF NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALES ( HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS): SOURCES OF HETEROGENEITY FROM NATURAL MARKS

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Gowans, Shannon, Whitehead, Hal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb00981.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.2001.tb00981.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb00981.x

A bstract The use of natural marks in capture‐recapture studies can lead to unequal capture probabilities. This paper examined a catalog of northern bottlenose whale ( Hyperoodon ampullatus ) photographs from the Gully, Nova Scotia, to identify potential sources of heterogeneity. This information ca...