Bayesian stock assessment using a state-space implementation of the delay difference model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-52

  Meyer, Renate ^a   Millar, Russell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032960742     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-146     Document Type: Article

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