Alternative approaches to estimation of harbor seal numbers: the role of spatial scale ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Complete counts of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out during pupping season in Maine, USA, are expensive and logistically difficult. A complete aerial count of the haul-outs on the coast requires five to six days of flying. Giv...
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ftdatacite:10.17895/ices.pub.25350454.v1 2024-04-28T08:22:55+00:00 Alternative approaches to estimation of harbor seal numbers: the role of spatial scale ... Gilbert, James R. 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25350454.v1 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Alternative_approaches_to_estimation_of_harbor_seal_numbers_the_role_of_spatial_scale/25350454/1 unknown ASC 2005 - R - Theme session https://ices-library.figshare.com/ICES-ASC-2005/groups https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25350454 https://ices-library.figshare.com/ICES-ASC-2005/groups ICES Custom Licence https://www.ices.dk/Pages/library_policies.aspx Fisheries and aquaculture Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics article Other CreativeWork Conference contribution 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25350454.v110.17895/ices.pub.25350454 2024-04-02T12:00:32Z No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Complete counts of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out during pupping season in Maine, USA, are expensive and logistically difficult. A complete aerial count of the haul-outs on the coast requires five to six days of flying. Given the short window of time around the peak of pupping, replicate counts are not feasible without considerable effort. Five previous coast-wide counts between 1981 and 2001 are evaluated to determine whether sample sites should be the same sites from year to year, or whether sites each year should be selected randomly. The information from previous counts is also used to define a sample unit and a sample design for the next aerial survey. Using previously observed haul-outs as sample units requires the assumption that no new haul-out sites will be colonized by harbor seals. In each of the previous surveys a substantial fraction of the sites where seals were observed were new haul-out sites. Also, some of the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper harbor seal Phoca vitulina DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Complete counts of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out during pupping season in Maine, USA, are expensive and logistically difficult. A complete aerial count of the haul-outs on the coast requires five to six days of flying. Given the short window of time around the peak of pupping, replicate counts are not feasible without considerable effort. Five previous coast-wide counts between 1981 and 2001 are evaluated to determine whether sample sites should be the same sites from year to year, or whether sites each year should be selected randomly. The information from previous counts is also used to define a sample unit and a sample design for the next aerial survey. Using previously observed haul-outs as sample units requires the assumption that no new haul-out sites will be colonized by harbor seals. In each of the previous surveys a substantial fraction of the sites where seals were observed were new haul-out sites. Also, some of the ... |
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