A Bayesian approach to estimating target strength

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1197-1204

  Fässler, Sascha M M ^a   Brierley, Andrew S ^a   Fernandes, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic target strength; Bayesian statistics; Herring; Survey uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84855265408     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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