Apparent survival and detection estimates for PIT-tagged slimy sculpin in five small New Brunswick Streams

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 281-292

  Keeler, Rachel A ^a,c   Breton, André R ^b,d   Peterson, Douglas P ^a,e   Cunjak, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c AMEC Earth and Environmental Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; KENNEBECASIS RIVER; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

COTTUS COGNATUS;

EID: 33847358617     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-131.1     Document Type: Article

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