Mark S. Lowry
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Estimating population size when individuals are asynchronous: A model illustrated with northern elephant seal breeding colonies
Estimating population size when individuals are asynchronous: A model illustrated with northern elephant seal breeding colonies Open
Our aim was to develop a method for estimating the number of animals using a single site in an asynchronous species, meaning that not all animals are present at once so that no one count captures the entire population. This is a common pro…
View article: Predicting prey recovery from scats of California sea lions (<i>Zalophus californianus</i>) for novel prey species and sizes
Predicting prey recovery from scats of California sea lions (<i>Zalophus californianus</i>) for novel prey species and sizes Open
Diet studies of marine top predators increasingly inform assessments of prey stocks and ecosystems, as well as predator ecology. Prey hard parts provide quantitative information on diet composition. However, species and size variation in d…
View article: Estimating population size when individuals are asynchronous: a model illustrated with northern elephant seal breeding colonies
Estimating population size when individuals are asynchronous: a model illustrated with northern elephant seal breeding colonies Open
Our aim was to develop a method for estimating the number of animals using a single site in an asynchronous species, meaning that not all animals are present at once so that no one count captures the entire population. This is a common pro…
View article: U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments : 2019
U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments : 2019 Open
Under the 1994 amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are required to publish Stock Assessment Reports for all stocks of marine mam…
View article: Food limitation of sea lion pups and the decline of forage off central and southern California
Food limitation of sea lion pups and the decline of forage off central and southern California Open
California sea lions increased from approximately 50 000 to 340 000 animals in the last 40 years, and their pups are starving and stranding on beaches in southern California, raising questions about the adequacy of their food supply. We in…