Estimating an homogeneous series of a population abundance indicator despite changes in data collection procedure: A hierarchical Bayesian modelling approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1069-1079

  Brun, Mélanie ^a,b,c   Abraham, Christophe ^c   Jarry, Marc ^a,b   Dumas, Jacques ^a,b   Lange, Frédéric ^a,b   Prévost, Etienne ^a,b  

^a Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c UMR 729 MISTEA   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Data collection; Heterogeneous index; Hierarchical Bayesian modelling; Long term monitoring; Salmon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DATA COLLECTION; HETEROGENEOUS INDEX; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN; LONG TERM MONITORING; SALMON;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; MODEL CHECKING; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHING EFFORT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; JUVENILE; POPULATION MODELING; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

AQUITAINE; FRANCE; NIVELLE RIVER; PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79551555321     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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