Modeling annual growth variation using a hierarchical Bayesian approach and the von Bertalanffy growth function, with application to lake trout in southern Lake Huron

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-330

  He, J X ^a   Bence, J R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GROWTH MODELING; SALMONID; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 34247224869     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-108.1     Document Type: Article

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