Errors in identification using natural markings:Rates, sources, and effects on capture-recapture estimates of abundance

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Stevick, PT, Palsboll, PJ, Smith, TD, Bravington, MV, Hammond, PS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: HUMPBACK WHALES; TAG LOSS; PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION; MEGAPTERA-NOVAEANGLIAE; POPULATION; PATTERN; SEALS; Petersen; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/f3939871-8263-45ea-acff-0af2db6101c6; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/f3939871-8263-45ea-acff-0af2db6101c6; https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-58-9-1861

The results of a double-marking experiment using natural markings and microsatellite genetic markers to identify humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) confirm that natural markings are a reliable means of identifying individuals on a large scale. Of 1410 instances of double tagging, there were 41...