Modeling Posidonia oceanica growth data: From linear to generalized linear mixed models

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Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-382

  Lovison, G ^a   Sciandra, M ^a   Tomasello, A ^a   Calvo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annual growth; Generalized Linear Mixed Models; Generalized Linear Models; Lepidochronological data; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GROWTH RATE; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; SICILY;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79954612143     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1063     Document Type: Article

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