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

• Main Authors: Stevick, PT, Palsbøll, P, Smith, TD, Bravington, MV, Hammond, Philip Steven
• 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://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/errors-in-identification-using-natural-markings-rates-sources-and-effects-on-capturerecapture-estimates-of-abundance(5e0df8b3-9616-4c89-8644-d62c77df18ad).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=17944372787&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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...