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Can citizen science monitor whale-shark aggregations? Investigating bias in mark–recapture modelling using identification photographs sourced from the public

Tim K. Davies A F , Guy Stevens B , Mark G. Meekan C , Juliane Struve D and J. Marcus Rowcliffe E
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A Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK.

B Maldivian Manta Ray Project, Catemwood House, Corscombe, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0NT, UK.

C Australian Institute of Marine Science, UWA Oceans Institute (MO96), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

D University of Florida, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA.

E Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, NW1 4RY, UK.

F Corresponding author. Email: timothy.davies08@imperial.ac.uk

Wildlife Research 39(8) 696-704 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR12092
Submitted: 10 May 2012  Accepted: 30 September 2012   Published: 24 October 2012



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