Estimating riverine fish population size from single- and multiple-pass removal sampling using a hierarchical model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 695-706

  Wyatt, Robin J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; POPULATION SIZE; RIVER SYSTEM; SAMPLING;

SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036383133     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-041     Document Type: Article

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