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SturgeonBL: Summarized multiple mark-recapture data for Lake Sturgeon.

Description

The number of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) caught in multiple samples from Black Lake, MI in 1997. The caught fish were examined for previous marks, marked (if previously unmarked), and then returned to the population.

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 6 observations on the following 4 variables:
t
Sample number
caught
Total number of fish caught in the sample
recaptures
Number of previously marked fish in the sample
retmarks
Number of marked fish (previously and newly marked) returned to the population

Source

From Table 1 in Baker, E.A. and D.J. Borgeson. 1999. Lake sturgeon abundance and harvest in Black Lake, Michigan, 1975-1999. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 19:1080-1088.

Topic(s)

  • Population Size
  • Abundance
  • Mark-Recapture
  • Capture-Recapture
  • Schnabel
  • Schumacher-Eschmeyer

Examples

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data(SturgeonBL)
str(SturgeonBL)
head(SturgeonBL)

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