Spatial capture-recapture of aquatic turtles in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal


Project Aims

1) Develop a Bayesian spatial capture recapture model to estimate density of turtle populations in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 
2) Compare population densities and space usage between species and sites along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 

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Turtle hoop net trap set up in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Publications


Spatial Capture–Recapture Derived Turtle Capture Probabilities and Densities in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal


Natalie T. Haydt, Daniel J. Hocking, Sean Sterrett

Journal of Herpetology, vol. 56, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2022, pp. 203 -- 210