Two Bayesian methods for estimating parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equation

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Siegfried, Kate I ^a,b   Sansó, Bruno ^b,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Center for Stock Assessment Research (CSTAR)   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic size; Elasmobranch; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY SIZE; GROWTH MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHARK; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 33751238185     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9112-6     Document Type: Article

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