Point process models for spatio-temporal distance sampling data from a large-scale survey of blue whales

• Published in: The Annals of Applied Statistics
• Main Authors: Yuan, Yuan, Bachl, Fabian E., Lindgren, Finn, Borchers, David L., Illian, Janine B., Buckland, Stephen T., Rue, Håvard, Gerrodette, Tim
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Institute of Mathematical Statistics 2017
• Subjects: Distance sampling; spatio-temporal modeling; stochastic partial differential equations; INLA; spatial point process; Laplace; Pacific; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoas/1514430286; https://doi.org/10.1214/17-AOAS1078

Distance sampling is a widely used method for estimating wildlife population abundance. The fact that conventional distance sampling methods are partly design-based constrains the spatial resolution at which animal density can be estimated using these methods. Estimates are usually obtained at surve...