Improving the precision of the daily egg production method using generalized additive models

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2727-2742

  Borchers, D L ^a   Buckland, S T ^a   Priede, I G ^b   Ahmadi, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; GEMERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HORSE MACKEREL; MACKEREL; MODELLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

EID: 0031461895     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-134     Document Type: Article

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