Quantitative assessment of salmonid escapement techniques

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-314

  Parsons, Amber L ^a   Skalski, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Carcass abundance; Escapement; Mark recapture; Passage count; Peak count; Redd count

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77957657548     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2010.513020     Document Type: Review

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