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Estimation of fish population size by single marking and recapture method. (English) Zbl 1006.62094

The single marking and recapture method has been widely used to investigate the dynamics of biological populations. In order to estimate population size by this method, one of four formulae can be applied – two of them have been suggested by N.T.J. Bailey [see Biometrika 38, 293-306 (1951; Zbl 0044.34502)], one by Chapman (1952) and the last by Ricker (1975). The authors investigate which of these formulae is more reliable to estimate fish population size. It is shown that, in the case of populations of the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in Morgan Lake, the results obtained by the Chapman formula are more reliable.

MSC:

62P10 Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

Citations:

Zbl 0044.34502
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