Estimating North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) density using passive acoustic cue counting

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Marques, Tiago Andre Lamas Oliveira, Munger, Lisa, Thomas, Len, Wiggins, Sean, Hildebrand, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Point transects; Distance sampling; Normal mode propagation; Abundance estimation; Acoustic recording package; ARP; High frequency acoustic package; HARP; Pacific; Sea Point; Eubalaena japonica; North Pacific right whale
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/estimating-north-pacific-right-whale-eubalaena-japonica-density-using-passive-acoustic-cue-counting(b41d8279-1978-4f1c-bebd-5c8bc9f32f99).html; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00325

We present a method for estimating animal density from fixed passive acoustic detectors, and illustrate it by estimating the density of North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica in the areas surrounding 3 hydrophones deployed in the southeastern Bering Sea in 2001 to 2002 and 2005 to 2006. Input...