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Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2007
Baker C Scott, Cooke Justin G, Lavery Shane, Dalebout Merel L, Ma Yong-Un, Funahashi Naoko, Carraher Colm, Brownell Robert L
Abstract excerpt
Surveys of commercial markets combined with molecular taxonomy (i.e. molecular monitoring) provide a means to detect products from illegal, unregulated and/or unreported (IUU) exploitation, including the sale of fisheries bycatch and wild meat (bushmeat). Capture-recapture analyses of market products using DNA profiling have the potential to estimate the total number of individuals entering the market. However,...
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