Estimating the value of in-season estimates of abundance of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1408-1418

  Link, Michael R ^a,b   Peterman, Randall M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ESCAPEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; RIVER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NASS RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 0031762924     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-039     Document Type: Article

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