Comparison of six statistical approaches in the selection of appropriate fish growth models

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-467

  Zhu, Lixin ^a   Li, Lifang ^a   Liang, Zhenlin ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criterion; Bayesian information criterion; growth model; model selection; statistical approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955502167     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-009-9236-6     Document Type: Article

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