Using mark-recapture to estimate the numbers of a migrating stage-structured population

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2097-2104

  Myers, R A ^a,b   Hammill, M O ^a   Stenson, G B ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031456615     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-116     Document Type: Article

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