The phrase "assess population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are evaluating or analyzing a specific population, such as in research, public health, or demographics.
Example: "The researchers aim to assess the population's health needs to develop targeted interventions."
Alternatives: "evaluate the population" or "analyze the population."
Recent investigations have used dispersion models to assess population exposure [ 11, 12], an approach that provides a better exposure assessment than studies based on distance from the source.
The agency hopes that passive acoustics can help identify breeding grounds in need of protection and can be used as a tool to assess population numbers accurately.
Quorum-sensing (QS) bacteria assess population density through secretion and detection of molecules called autoinducers (AIs).
Conservationists are seeking to identify important habitats and sites used by this species across its range and to assess population size in each country.
Janini and Steven will be using target DNA enrichment by DNA hybridization capture (DHC) to sequence, identify secondary metabolite gene clusters, and assess population structure for soil Streptomyces.
In this context, our population trend estimates are cause for concern, but improved monitoring is needed to more reliably assess population status.
Tools and approaches include methods to predict where cheetahs are most likely to occur, quantify habitat suitability and fragmentation, assess population viability, and identify landscape linkages.
The easiest way may be to assess population size before and after a pesticide application and to evaluate if any differences are observed.
Wood and Soulard (2009a, b) were the first studies to assess population exposure to lahar hazards in Washington but focused exclusively on Mount Rainier.
A DoH planning group will assess population need for such a service, develop a bariatric service specification and examine the capability of the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to deliver the service.
However, it is not clear if such findings occur as an artifact of sampling techniques that assess population composition but not population density, or if absolute abundance is less affected by elevated major ions than richness.
