Discriminant function analysis in marine ecology: Some oversights and their solutions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 329, Issue , 2007, Pages 301-305

  White, J Wilson ^a   Ruttenberg, Benjamin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Discriminant function analysis; Jackknife reclassification success; Null hypothesis; Otolith chemistry; Prior probabilities; Randomization test

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; OTOLITH; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33846990136     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps329301     Document Type: Article

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