title: Bayesian methods for multiple capture-recapture surveys.
abstract: To estimate the total size of a closed population, a multiple capture-recapture sampling design can be used. This sampling design has been used traditionally to estimate the size of wildlife populations and is becoming more widely used to estimate the size of hard-to-count human populations. This paper presents Bayesian methods for obtaining point and interval estimates from data gathered from capture-recapture surveys. A numerical example involving the estimation of the size of a fish population is given to illustrate the methods.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Division of Biometry, Minneapolis 55105.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011336:Probability