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    Implementation of the modified Petersen mark–recapture method in S-Plus

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    Document Number:
    WG-FSA-SAM-05/7
    Author(s):
    A. Payne, D.J. Agnew and R. Hillary (United Kingdom)
    Abstract

    The mark-recapture method of estimating toothfish population size described last year, which uses a modification of the Petersen estimator to take account of mortality and selectivity, is implemented here in Splus code.