Estimating spawning escapements from periodic counts: A comparison of methods

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 888-896

  Hilborn, Ray ^a   Bue, Brian G ^b   Sharr, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Hoopa Tribal Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPEMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SPAWNING;

EID: 0032780867     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-013     Document Type: Article

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