‎Small area estimates have received much attention from both private and public sectors due to the growing demand for effective planning of health services‎, ‎apportioning of government funds and policy and decision making‎. ‎Surveys are generally designed to give representative estimates at national or district level‎, ‎but estimates of variables of interest are oft...

This study was conducted to estimate the genetic parameters influencing egg quality in Khorasan Razavi native fowl. (Co)Variance components were estimated by the Bayesian statistical method via Gibbs sampling in GIBBS3F90 software. 1000 eggs (28-29 weeks old) were collected from 775 hens of the ninth generation of Khorasan-Razavi Province native fowl breeding center. External (egg weight,specif...

Fisheries-independent surveys are commonly used to create indices of relative abundance. If properly designed and calibrated, these may also be estimate absolute Here, we demonstrate the efficacy this approach by estimating abundance red lionfish ( Pterois volitans), gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus), snapper Lutjanus campechanus) across an extensive network artificial reefs using camera cou...