Evaluating methods for estimating process and observation error variances in statistical catch-at-age analysis

Fisheries Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-35

  Linton, Brian C ^a   Bence, James R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Integrated assessment; Process and observation errors; Statistical catch at age analysis; Stock assessment; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049085583     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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