Mathematical model for the size distribution of fish schools

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 79-88

  Niwa, H S ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish school; Foraging; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FISH SCHOOLS; FORAGING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 0030408245     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(96)00199-X     Document Type: Article

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