Estimating trophic levels and trophic magnification factors using bayesian inference

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11599-11606

  Starrfelt, Jostein ^a   Borgå, Katrine ^a,b   Ruus, Anders ^a   Fjeld, Eirik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; POINT ESTIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; INFERENCE ENGINES; ISOTOPES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN 15;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD WEB; MARKOV CHAIN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOLVENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; FOOD WEB; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD CHAIN; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886880726     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401231e     Document Type: Article

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