Estimating the effect of nonresponse bias on angler surveys

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 118-126

  Fisher, Mark R ^a  

^a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department   (United States)

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EID: 0001512660     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0118:ETEONB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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