A spatial capture-recapture model to estimate fish survival and location from linear continuous monitoring arrays

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-130

  Raabe, Joshua K ^a   Gardner, Beth ^a   Hightower, Joseph E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; FISH; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; RIVER CHANNEL; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; WEIR;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891687979     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0198     Document Type: Article

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