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Title
Zigzag survey designs in line transect sampling
Author(s)
Strindberg, S.; Buckland, S.T.
Published
2004
Publisher
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1198/108571104X15601
Abstract
Zigzag survey lines are frequently used in shipboard and aerial line transect surveys of animal populations. Analysis proceeds assuming that coverage probability through the survey region is uniform. We show that the two types of zigzag design that are in wide use. do not generally have this property, and explore the degree of bias in abundance estimates that can be anticipated. We construct a zigzag design for convex survey regions that has even coverage probability with respect to distance along a design axis. We also provide Horvitz-Thompson estimators that allow coverage probability to vary by location through the survey region.
Keywords
ABUNDANCE; DENSITY; POPULATIONS; MODELS; SEA; abundance estimation; line transect; sampling; sampling bias; Animalia
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