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Inferring Cetacean Population Densities from the Absolute Dynamic Topography of the Ocean in a Hierarchical Bayesian Framework

Creator:

Pardo, Mario A., Gerrodette, Tim, Beier, Emilio, Gendron, Diane, Forney, Karin A., Chivers, Susan J., Barlow, Jay, and Palacios, Daniel M.

Abstract:

We inferred the population densities of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Northeast Pacific Ocean as functions of the water-column’s physical structure by implementing hierarchical models in a Bayesian framework. This approach allowed us to propagate the uncertainty of the field observations into the...

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Article