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Error and bias in size estimates of whale sharks: implications for understanding demography

Body size and age at maturity are indicative of the vulnerability of a species to extinction. However, they are both difficult to estimate for large animals that cannot be restrained for measurement. For very large species such as whale sharks, body size is commonly estimated visually, potentially r...

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Veröffentlicht in:R Soc Open Sci
Hauptverfasser: Sequeira, Ana M. M., Thums, Michele, Brooks, Kim, Meekan, Mark G.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821267/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069656
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150668
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