Estimating population size of humpback whales in southeast Alaska using modified mark-recapture models from a long-term sighting database of individually identified whales.
Project ID: J8W07070001
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: University of Alaska Southeast
Fiscal Year: 2007
Initial Funding: $8,676
Total Funding: $8,676
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Biological
National Park: Alaska Region
Principal Investigator: Straley, Jan
Agreement Technical Representative: Gende, Scott
Abstract: Utilize photos from surveys of humpback whales in northern southeastern Alaska (primarily, Sitka Sound, Fredrick Sound, and Glacier Bay/Icy Strait) collected since 1993 to create a long term sighting history database of individually identified whales. The database will then be utilized to estimate the population size, via modified mark-recapture models, of humpback whales in northern Southeast Alaska by the NPS and partners at R2 Resource Consultants.
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