I have microsat data for multiple fish populations, and I'd like to get the best estimates of effective population size as I possibly can, but my problem is I have no age or size class data. Therefore my dataset contains overlapping generations, and I have no way of discerning what individuals are of what age class. Is there an accepted way to calculate Ne despite this overlap? Most every method I see requires you have age class information or discrete generations. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
All you can do is estimate these values using data from other studies. I'm not sure if the following article helps: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1983, 40(11): 1871-1879, 10.1139/f83-217 :-)
Dear Spencer, you might want to try Ne Estimator that implements different approaches to estimate Ne
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12157/abstract
Best,
Cris
Have you heard about Robust Design methods? Do you have recapture data of the individuals?
If you don't have, you could try occupancy modelling as surrogate of abundance.
Cheers,
Átilla.
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