Estimating abundance of spatially aggregated populations: Comparing adaptive sampling with other survey designs

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-197

  Mier, Kathryn L ^a   Picquelle, Susan J ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GADOID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAMPLING; SURVEY;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 39749198970     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-138     Document Type: Article

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