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Leslie Population Estimate for a Large Lake
Author(s) -
Peterson Jack,
Taylor Melvin,
Hanson Allan
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<329:lpefal>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - esox , pike , fish <actinopterygii> , population , hectare , fishery , statistics , geography , enumeration , mathematics , ecology , biology , demography , agriculture , combinatorics , sociology
The accuracy of a population estimate made by the Leslie removal method was evaluated for adult northern pike (Esox lucius) in a 288‐hectare lake. The Leslie estimate of 6,290 fish was within 1% of that obtained from direct enumeration.