Identifying variables for standardization of the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) Index Site Surveys time series (1978-2018) based on survey methodology and environmental variability / by Sandra...: Fs97-6/3330E-PDF

"The Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) is a culturally and ecologically significant endangered marine snail. This report examines forty years of data from the Northern Abalone Index Site Surveys in British Columbia. Northern Abalone densities were generally insensitive to changes in the number of surveyed index sites and quadrats. There was high imprecision around the mean estimates in both the full and restricted datasets. Inclusion of environmental variables identified with generalized additive modelling in a standardized index yielded small improvements in precision of the annual indices. Trend detection using the existing survey data is limited by the large confidence intervals around the mean densities. Recommendations are to include the full dataset in further analyses, to use a subset of environmental variables to standardize the time series, and to increase the number of index sites surveyed in future Northern Abalone surveys"--Abstract, page vi.

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Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
Title Identifying variables for standardization of the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) Index Site Surveys time series (1978-2018) based on survey methodology and environmental variability / by Sandra C. Hansen, Shannon G. Obradovich, Christopher N. Rooper, Brenda J. Waddell, Linda M. Nichol, Shaun K. MacNeill, and Leslie L. Barton.
Series title Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3330
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-34).
Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Fisheries and Oceans Canada = Pêches et océans Canada, 2020.
©2020
Author / Contributor Hansen, Sandra, author.
Description 1 online resource (vii, 110 pages) : illustrations (some colour), colour map.
ISBN 9780660321585
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-6/3330E-PDF
Subject terms Pinto abalone -- British Columbia.
Abalone populations -- British Columbia.
Invertebrate surveys -- British Columbia.
Ormeau nordique -- British Columbia.
Ormeaux (Mollusques) -- Populations -- British Columbia.
Invertébrés -- Inventaires -- British Columbia.
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