@inbook{659f7deb3aa34be486f287183633b85d,
title = "Effects of model formulation on estimates of health in individual right whales (Eubalaena glacialis)",
abstract = "Right whales are vulnerable to many sources of anthropogenic disturbance including ship strikes, entanglement with fishing gear, and anthropogenic noise. The effect of these factors on individual health is unclear. A statistical model using photographic evidence of health was recently built to infer the true or hidden health of individual right whales. However, two important prior assumptions about the role of missing data and unexplained variance on the estimates were not previously assessed. Here we tested these factors by varying prior assumptions and model formulation. We found sensitivity to each assumption and used the output to make guidelines on future model formulation.",
keywords = "Bayesian, Body condition, Missing data, Photo identification, Process error",
author = "Schick, {Robert S.} and Kraus, {Scott D.} and Roll, {Rosalind M.} and Knowlton, {Amy R.} and Hamilton, {Philip K.} and Pettis, {Heather M.} and Len Thomas and John Harwood and Clark, {James S.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016.",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_121",
language = "English",
series = "Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "977--985",
booktitle = "Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology",
address = "Netherlands",
}