Research Article

Correcting Positional Errors in Shore-Based Theodolite Measurements of Animals at Sea

Table 1

Distance summary of the two research vessels from the theodolite station ( SE).

ā€ƒ Sperm whale research
vessel positions
Dolphin research vessel positions
2010 ( )2011 ( )2012 ( )

Mean distance (km)12.99 ( )11.93 ( )7.93 ( )
Maximum distance (km)25.8525.2218.52
Minimum distance (km)2.964.762.45