Bias in Chapman-Robson and least-squares estimators of mortality rates for steady-state populations

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 863-868

  Murphy, Michael D ^a  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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