Summarized single mark-recapture data for Brook Trout across many years.

Description

The number of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) marked, captured, and recaptured for several years on Meach Lake in central Ontario.

Format

A data frame with 7 observations on the following 5 variables.

• year: Year of the collection
• mark: Total number of fish marked on the marking run

• catch: Total number of fish caught on the recapture run
• recap: Total number of previously marked fish in the recapture run
• correction: Number of age-1 fish to be added to final estimated based on mark-recapture to correct for gear selectivity of age-1 fish

Topic(s)

• Population Size
• Abundance
• Mark-Recapture
• Capture-Recapture
• Petersen

Source

From Table 1 of Curry, R.A., C. Brady, and G.E. Morgan. 2003. Effects of Recreational Fishing on the Population Dynamics of Lake-Dwelling Brook Trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:35-47.

Examples

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