Using redd counts to estimate salmonids spawner abundances: A Bayesian modelling approach

Fisheries Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-40

  Dauphin, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Prévost, Etienne ^a,d   Adams, Colin E ^b   Boylan, Patrick ^c  

^a Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Bayesian modelling; Redd count; Spawner abundance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77956647099     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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