Geostatistical modelling of spatial distribution of Balaenoptera physalus in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea from sparse count data and heterogeneous observation efforts.

Pascal Monestiez (1, 2) , Laurent Dubroca (2, 3) , E. Bonnin (2) , Jean Pierre Durbec (4) , C. Guinet (3)

1 MIA-JOUY - Unité de biométrie et intelligence artificielle de Jouy
2 COM - Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
3 CEBC - Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé
4 LMGEM - Laboratoire de MicrobiologiE de Géochimie et d'Ecologie Marines

Mots clés: Relative abundance map; Fin whale; Sightings data; Geostatistics; Kriging; Variogram estimation; Poisson distribution: Bias correction

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

Pascal Monestiez, Laurent Dubroca, E. Bonnin, Jean Pierre Durbec, C. Guinet. Geostatistical modelling of spatial distribution of Balaenoptera physalus in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea from sparse count data and heterogeneous observation efforts.. Ecological Modelling, 2006, 193, pp.615-628. ⟨hal-00093096⟩