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Aspects of the population dynamics of the western rock lobster, Panulirus cygnus George. I. Estimation of population density

GR Morgan

Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25(2) 235 - 248
Published: 1974

Abstract

Breakdowns in the assumptions made by the Jolly (1965) method of estimating population size were detected in mark-recapture experiments with the western rock lobster. Using information gathered from sampling by both baited traps and by diving it was shown that, in particular, the assumptions of (1) a single population and (2) equal probability of capture of marked and unmarked rock lobsters, were not valid at all times in the 'population' studied, and this resulted in underestimates of population density. However, it was found possible to make suitable corrections to the raw data to arrive at apparently unbiased estimates of population density. In the cases studied, the calculated unbiased estimates of population density agreed well with unbiased estimates calculated from information gathered by marking and recapturing by different methods. Single census and the De Lury (1958) methods also grossly underestimated population density.

https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9740235

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