Estimating the age at capture in capture-recapture studies of fish growth

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Laslett, Geoff M ^a   Eveson, J Paige ^a   Polacheck, Tom ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased predictor; Conditionally unbiased estimation; Nonlinear growth models; Random effects; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842715083     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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