Critique of the leslie method for estimating sizes of crab and lobster populations

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 676-685

  Miller, R J ^a   Mohn, R K ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

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EID: 85047699140     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1993)013<0676:COTLMF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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