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SunfishIN: Summarized multiple mark-recapture data for Redear Sunfish.

Description

The number of Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) caught in multiple samples from Gordy Lake, IN. The caught fish were examined for previous marks, marked (if previously unmarked), and then returned to the population. Data from Table 2.4 in Ricker (1975) or Table 4.4 in Krebs (1999).

source

Gerking, S.D. 1953. Vital statistics of the fish population of Gordy Lake, Indiana. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 82:48-67. Krebs, C.J. 1999. Ecological Methodology. Addison-Welsey Educational Publishing, second edition. Ricker, W.E. 1975. Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations. Technical Report Bulletin 191, Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada

Topic(s)

• Population size
• Abundance
• Mark-recapture
• Schnabel method
• Schumacher-Eschmeyer method

concept

Abundance 'Population Size' 'Mark-Recapture' Schnabel

Examples

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