Estimating prawn abundance and catchability from catch-effort data: Comparison of fixed and random effects models using maximum likelihood and hierarchical Bayesian methods

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Zhou, Shijie ^a   Vance, David J ^a   Dichmont, Catherine M ^a   Burridge, Charis Y ^a   Toscas, Peter J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depletion method

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCHABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649110506     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07090     Document Type: Article

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