An expectation maximization and smoothing approach for indirect acoustic estimation of fish size and density

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-50

  Hedgepeth, J B ^a,e   Gallucci, V F ^b   O'Sullivan, F ^c   Thorne, R E ^d  

^a School of Fisheries   (United States)

^b Centre for Quantitative Science   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BioSonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic fish size; And smoothing (EMS); Backscattering cross section; Deconvolution; Expectation; Indirect estimation; Maximization; Sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; FISH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033081880     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0431     Document Type: Article

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