Critique on the use of the delta distribution for the analysis of trawl survey data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 831-842

  Syrjala, Stephen E ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta distribution; Estimation of abundance; Estimation of the mean; Lognormal distribution; Skewed distributions; Trawl survey

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING;

EID: 0033738789     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0571     Document Type: Article

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