| BrookTroutOnt {FSAdata} | R Documentation |
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. CSV file
Examples
data(BrookTroutOnt)
str(BrookTroutOnt)
head(BrookTroutOnt)