Models and model selection uncertainty in estimating growth rates of endangered freshwater mussel populations

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2389-2398

  Jiao, Yan ^a   Neves, Richard ^a   Jones, Jess ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIVALVE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLINCH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; POWELL RIVER; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

DROMUS DROMAS;

EID: 56249146684     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-141     Document Type: Article

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