Use of Bayesian hierarchical models to estimate northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, growth parameters from tag-recapture data

Autor: Alan Campbell, Joanne Lessard, Zane Zhang
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Fisheries Research. 95:289-295
ISSN: 0165-7836
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.035
Popis: Bayesian hierarchical models were developed to estimate the growth parameters of northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, using tag-recapture data with a mixture of single and multiple recaptures. Individual variability in the growth parameters L∞ and k of the von Bertalanffy model was incorporated in the analyses. The models developed fit the data well based on the Bayesian p-values. Variability in L∞ for individuals was high relative to the variability in L∞ for the population, and variability in k for individuals was about the same as the variability in k for the population. Simulations showed that estimates of the growth parameters were accurate (relative biases
Databáze: OpenAIRE