Model selection for selectivity in fisheries stock assessments

Fisheries Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-134

  Punt, André E ^a   Hurtado Ferro, Felipe ^a   Whitten, Athol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Asymptotic selectivity; Dome shaped selectivity; Information criteria model selection; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900336851     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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