Bayesian change point analysis of abundance trends for pelagic fishes in the upper San Francisco Estuary

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1431-1448

  Thomson, James R ^a   Kimmerer, Wim J ^b   Brown, Larry R ^c   Newman, Ken B ^d   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Bennett, William A ^e   Feyrer, Frederick ^f   Fleishman, Erica ^g,h  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^f U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Change point; Delta smelt; Hierarchical bayes; Longfin smelt; Sacramento San joaquin delta; Striped bass; Threadfin shad; Upper san francisco estuary; USA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FISH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAN FRANCISCO;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

DOROSOMA PETENENSE; HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS; MORONE; PISCES; SPIRINCHUS;

EID: 77954343414     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0998.1     Document Type: Article

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