Catch-effort maximum likelihood estimation of important population parameters

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 890-897

  Gould, W R ^a,b   Pollock, K H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH-EFFORT DATA; CATCH/EFFORT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 0030860110     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-54-4-890     Document Type: Article

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