Approximate sample sizes required to estimate length distributions

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 409-415

  Miranda, L E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HISTOGRAM; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCKING DENSITY;

EID: 34247178542     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-151.1     Document Type: Article

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