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WalleyeMN06b: Summarized multiple mark-recapture data for Walleye from four lakes in Northern Minnesota.

Description

Summary results of capture histories (number captured, number of recaptured fish, and number of unmarked fish that were marked) for Walleye (Sander vitreus) collected from four lakes in Northern Minnesota, USA.

Format

A data frame with 20 observations on the following 5 variables.

lake

Studied lake (Crooked, Fourmile, Island, Tom)

date

Capture date

catch

Total fish captured in each sample

recap

Marked fish captured in each sample

retMark

Marked fish returned to the population

Source

From appendix 2 in Borkholder, B.D., A.J. Edwards, and C. Olson. 2007. Spring adult and fall juvenile walleye popluation surveys within the 1854 ceded territory of Minnesota, 2006. Fond du Lac Division of Resource Management, Technical Report 41. [Was (is?) from http://www.1854treatyauthority.org/cms/files/REP%20Fish%20Walleye%20Survey%202006.pdf.]

Topic(s)

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

Examples

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