1) You are famous ecologist conducting a mark-recapture study of a populati have

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1) You are famous ecologist conducting a mark-recapture study of a populati have collected the following mark/recapture /release data in your study. Using the Peterson Index with the Bailey correction factor, estimate the number of individuals in each age class. on of snouters. You Age Class | #1st Sampling! #2nd Sampling! Number Marked! Estimate 572 252 98 51 428 237 113 43 18 2nd Sampling 366 181 94 41 17 2. Using the data you obtained above please complete the life table for this population of snouters. mx Age ClassN px

Explanation / Answer

1) determination of no. Of individual in populatiin is one of the important factor for population study. it help in to prepare life table. Many method are used among them mark recapture method is important. According to peterson index

Population estimate = total no. Marked at 1st trapping x number caught at 2nd/ number of marked individual at 2nd trapping

Age class. Population estimate

0. 572x 428/366 = 668.89

1. 329.96

2. 117.80

3. 53.48

4). 23.29

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