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Abundance of East coast Australian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in 2005 estimated using multi-point sampling and capture-recapture analysis
The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, (Humpback Whales: Status in the Southern Hemisphere (Special Issue 3) ), pp.253-259
2011
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Abstract
The humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) that migrate along the east coast of Australia were hunted to near extinction during the lastcentury. This remnant population is part of Breeding Stock E. Previous abundance estimates for the east Australian portion of Breeding Stock Ehave been based mainly on land-based counts. Here we present a capture-recapture abundance estimate for this population using photo-identificationdata. These data were collected at three locations on the migration route (Byron Bay – northern migration, Hervey Bay and Ballina – southernmigration) in order to estimate the population of humpback whales that migrated along the east coast of Australia in 2005. The capture-recapturedata were analysed using a variety of closed population models with a model-averaged estimate of 7,041 (95% CI 4,075–10,008) whales.
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- Title
- Abundance of East coast Australian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in 2005 estimated using multi-point sampling and capture-recapture analysis
- Creators
- David A. Paton - Southern Cross UniversityLyndon Brooks - Southern Cross UniversityDaniel Burns - Southern Cross UniversityTrish Franklin - Southern Cross UniversityDr Wally Franklin - Southern Cross UniversityPeter Harrison - Southern Cross UniversityPeter Baverstock - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, (Humpback Whales: Status in the Southern Hemisphere (Special Issue 3) ), pp.253-259
- Comment
- Available from: https://journal.iwc.int/index.php/jcrm/article/view/317
- Publisher
- International Whaling Commission
- Grant note
- This study was funded by a research grant from Southern Cross University to the SCU Whale Research Centre (SCUWRC). The long-term study of humpbacks in Hervey Bay being conducted by Trish and Wally Franklin is supported by The Oceania Project and by an Australian Research Council Linkage grant with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
- Identifiers
- 991013036322502368
- Copyright
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
- Academic Unit
- Office of the Vice Chancellor; Marine Ecology Research Centre; Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article