Abundance and distribution of ice-associated seals in the western Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk, 2012-2013
Paul B. Conn, Irina S. Trukhanova, Peter L. Boveng, Vladimir I. Chernook, Alexandr Vasiliev
The paper reanalyzes aerial survey data to produce spatially explicit estimates of ice-associated seal abundance in the western Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk, accounting for detection and classification errors.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2026 · PreprintEcology