A spatial model to estimate gear efficiency and animal density from depletion experiments

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2377-2388

  Rago, Paul J ^a   Weinberg, James R ^a   Weidman, Christopher ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CATCH COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 33751374642     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-121     Document Type: Article

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