Detecting declines in the abundance of a bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population: Understanding the accuracy, precision, and costs of our efforts

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-658

  Al Chokhachy, Robert ^a   Budy, Phaedra ^a   Conner, Mary ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SALMONID; STRATIFICATION;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 67649380734     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-026     Document Type: Article

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