Analysis of Regional Scale Risk of Whirling Disease in Populations of Colorado and Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Using a Bayesian Belief Network Model

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1589-1605

  Ayre, Kimberley Kolb ^a   Caldwell, Colleen A ^b   Stinson, Jonah ^a   Landis, Wayne G ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief network; Ecological risk; Emerging diseases

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ROTATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK MODELS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; EMERGING DISEASE; MANAGEMENT AREAS; MONITORING PLANS; RISK OF EXPOSURES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII PLEURITICUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII VIRGINALIS; SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; FISH DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COLORADO; FISH DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROUT;

EID: 84939253591     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12189     Document Type: Article

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