Performance of deviance information criterion model selection in statistical catch-at-age analysis

Fisheries Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 212-221

  Wilberg, Michael J ^a   Bence, James R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Catchability; Model averaging; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749131557     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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