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dc.contributor.authorStevick, Peter T.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Judith
dc.contributor.authorClapham, Phillip J.
dc.contributor.authorFriday, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorKatona, Steven K.
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Finn
dc.contributor.authorLien, Jon
dc.contributor.authorMattila, David K.
dc.contributor.authorPalsbøll, P.J.
dc.contributor.authorSigurjónsson, Jóhann
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Tim D.
dc.contributor.authorØien, Nils
dc.contributor.authorHammond, Philip S.
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-25T09:04:14Z
dc.date.issued2003-08-29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/108496
dc.descriptionJournal home page: http://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/en
dc.description.abstractHumpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the North Atlantic Ocean were severely depleted by exploitation. With legal protection since 1955, substantial recovery is likely to have occurred, but information on abundance and rates of increase has been limited. We present an assessment of humpback whale abundance in the North Atlantic Ocean based upon capturerecapture estimates using naturally marked individuals. These data result from a long-term collaborative effort combining large-scale dedicated projects and incidental data collection, leading to extensive geographical coverage. The application of robust statistical techniques produces estimates of greater accuracy and precision than has previously been possible. Abundance estimates ranging from 5930 to 12 580 individuals, with coefficients of variation (CVs) from 0.07 to 0.39, were calculated for the West Indies breeding population using data from 1979 to 1993. The most precise estimate for the West Indies breeding population is 10 752 (CV = 0.068) for 1992 and 1993. Due to application of new analytical methods, these estimates are larger and more precise than those previously published from similar time periods. The average rate of increase for the West Indies breeding population over a 14 yr period was estimated to be 0.031 (SE = 0.005). The best available estimate for the entire North Atlantic population of humpback whales is 11 570 (95% CI 10 290 to 13 390) based upon samples from 1992 and 1993. However, this estimate may be biased downwards to an unknown extent due to heterogeneity in capture probabilities that do not influence the West Indies estimates.en
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dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjecthumpback whaleen
dc.subjectknølhvalen
dc.titleNorth Atlantic humpback whale abundance and rate of increase four decades after protection from whalingen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.source.pagenumber263-273en
dc.source.volume258en
dc.source.journalMarine Ecology Progress Series
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps258263


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