Inferring surface time of Minke whales from inter-surfacing interval data using a hidden Markov model

• Main Authors: Christiansen, F., Rasmussen, M., Lusseau, D.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Faxaflói; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Iceland; minke whale; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/28967/

Surfacing rate data of Minke whales is an important factor used in the abundance estimates of Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) stocks, both in aerial and vessel based surveys. Today, most abundance estimates of Minke whales rely on VHF-transmitters data rather than visual data. Visual data c...