Question 1041655: 9. The Capture/Recapture method: A biologist wants to estimate how many fish are in a small pond.
Her team captures 600 fish, tags all of them, and places all of them back in the pond.
A week later, her team captures 150 fish, of which 30 are tagged.
Calculate an estimate of the N-Value of the fish population in the pond:
estimated N-Value (population size) ______________
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The Capture/Recapture method: A biologist wants to estimate how many fish are in a small pond.
Her team captures 600 fish, tags all of them, and places all of them back in the pond.
A week later, her team captures 150 fish, of which 30 are tagged.
Calculate an estimate of the N-Value of the fish population in the pond:
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population/caught = caught including tagged/tagged caught
N/600 = 150/30
N = 600*5
N = 3000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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