Design-based estimators and power analyses of trend tests for the proportion of fish that exhibit gross pathological disorders

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-80

  Heimbuch, Douglas G ^a,c,d,e   Wilson, Harold T ^a,f,g   Summers, J Kevin ^b  

^a Coastal Environmental Services Inc ^*  (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Chesapeake Biological Laboratory   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Fish; Horvitz Thompson estimation; Pathology; Power analyses; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FISH; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031861109     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009611520486     Document Type: Article

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