Maximum likelihood and non-parametric methods for estimating trawl footrope selectivity

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 220-229

  Munro, Peter T ^a   Somerton, David A ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary net; Demersal trawl; Logistic function; Probability of capture; Ratio test; Scatterplot smoother; Survey

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEAR SELECTIVITY; SIZE SELECTION; TRAWLING;

EID: 0035000907     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.1004     Document Type: Article

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