Efficiency and bias of estimators and sampling designs for determining length-weight relationships of fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 84-92

  Hayes, Daniel B ^a,b   Brodziak, Jon K T ^a   O'Gorman, Joseph B ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATOR; ESTIMATORS; FISH; FISHERY BIOLOGY; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING DESIGNS;

EID: 0029474971     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-008     Document Type: Article

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