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A sampling design for long-term monitoring of dolphin populations in Darwin Harbour : Report for Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport

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Title

A sampling design for long-term monitoring of dolphin populations in Darwin Harbour : Report for Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport,

Creator

Brooks, Lyndon, Pollock, Kenneth, Northern Territory. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books,

Date

2011,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Description

This document specifies a sampling design for long-term monitoring of dolphin populations in Darwin Harbour. In order to monitor and assess the impact of construction activities associated with the INPEX Ichthys Development Project, INPEX Browse Ltd. (INPEX) and Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (NRETAS) have agreed that an integrated monitoring programme will be implemented. The proposed research is to employ capture-recapture statistical models based on the capture histories of individuals identified by photographs of their dorsal fins in repeated sampling. - Introduction,

Notes

At head of title: Southern Cross University and Murdoch University, Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

Introduction -- The robust design capture-recapture model -- Summary of key findings from existing photographic identification data for Darwin Harbour -- Simulations -- Proposed sampling design -- Spatial analysis -- References,

Language

English,

Subject

Dolphins, Conservation, Northern Territory, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Marine mammals, Darwin Harbour, Australian snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Format

ii, 18 pages : illustrations, colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501009,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/265161,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/461026