Abstract
Describes a series of survey techniques, commenting on effective search range, strip and line transects, methods based on measurement of observer behaviour, methods based on survey of cues, shipboard acoustic survey, land-based visual survey, and land-based acoustic survey; discusses data collection and data analysis; outlines how to model perpendicular distance data from line transects; comments on the effects of whale movement; reviews survey design; and reports on cue counting and estimation of surfacing rate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 47-80 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue |
| Volume | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1989 |