A quantified Bayesian Maximum Entropy estimate of antarctic krill abundance across the Scotia Sea and in small-scale management units from the CCAMLR-2000 survey

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2006, Pages 97-116

  Heywood, B G ^a   Brierley, A S ^a   Gull, S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Bayes; CCAMLR; Euphausia superba; Maximum Entropy; SSMU

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 33845268595     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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