Comparison of equilibrium and nonequilibrium estimators for the generalized production model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1533-1552

  Williams, Erik H ^a   Prager, Michael H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0036436450     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-123     Document Type: Article

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