Modelling fish growth: Multi-model inference as a better alternative to a priori using von Bertalanffy equation

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Maravelias, Christos D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bertalanffy; Fish growth; Information theory; Model selection uncertainty; Multi model inference

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; FISHERY; GROWTH RATE; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

EID: 43449132673     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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