Methods of estimating mortality and movement rates from single-tag recovery data that are unbiased by tag non-reporting

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-304

  McGarvey, Richard ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Instantaneous mortality rate; Movement rates; Recapture conditioned estimators; Tag non reporting; Tag shedding; Tag induced mortality; Time at large

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 64949106316     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260802664841     Document Type: Article

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