A field evaluation of the growth and survival of age-0 Oncorhynchus mykiss tagged with 8-mm passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags

Table 2 Parameter estimates and credible intervals for the Bayesian mark-recapture model developed for PIT tagged age-0 Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Wind River drainage in 2017

Parameter	Study stream	Posterior median	95% credible interval
α₀ (intercept)	Paradise	0.014	− 0.494, 0.483
	Trapper	− 0.553	− 1.106, − 0.092
	Layout	0.325	− 0.121, 0.695
	Wind	0.100	− 0.350, 0.521
α₁ (slope for fork length)	All	0.359	0.078, 0.650
β₀ (intercept)	Paradise	− 0.068	− 0.836, 0.621
	Trapper	− 0.173	− 1.005, 0.769
	Layout	− 0.834	− 1.729, 0.252
	Wind	− 1.221	− 1.972, − 0.452
β₀ (slope for tag burden)	All	0.027	− 0.445, 0.476
Mean survival probability (ϕ)	Paradise	0.478	0.302, 0.651
	Trapper	0.457	0.268, 0.683
	Layout	0.303	0.131, 0.530
	Wind	0.228	0.119, 0.382

α = parameters of the capture probability model, β = parameters of the survival model

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