Bayesian decision analysis for evaluating management options to promote recovery of a depleted salmon population

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-361

  Pestes, Lynsey R ^a   Peterman, Randall M ^a   Bradford, Michael J ^b   Wood, Chris C ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision analysis; Conservation options; Fisheries simulation; Salmon management; Species recovery planning; State dependent decision rule

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLEE EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY; POPULATION MODELING; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CULTUS LAKE; NORTH AMERICA;

CULTUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 41849131417     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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