Bugs in Bayesian stock assessments

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1078-1086

  Meyer, Renate ^a   Millar, Russell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MODELING; SOFTWARE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033493957     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-56-6-1078     Document Type: Article

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