Forecasting PCB concentrations in Lake Michigan salmonids: A dynamic linear model approach

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 659-668

  Lamon III, E Conrad ^a,c   Carpenter, S R ^a   Stow, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Dynamic linear models (DLM); Forecasting; Lake Michigan, USA; Oncorhynchus kisutch; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; PCB concentration; Salmo trutta; Salmonids, Lake Michigan; Salvelinus namaycush; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MODELING; PCB;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0031853728     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0659:FPCILM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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