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Analysis of the impact of prawn trawling on benthic species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
10.1002/env.663.abs
Prawn trawling is a major fishing activity in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, generating millions of dollars for the Australian economy. It is important that appropriate management decisions are made to ensure the sustainability of the industry. An experimental study was conducted to quantify the recovery of seabed fauna after repeated trawling. Data from the study were composed of counts of observed benthic organisms on the seabed. The data were analysed using models based on a generalization of the simple Poisson process, which allows for over‐dispersion and under‐dispersion relative to the Poisson distribution. It was found that these models more faithfully described the data than more standard models such as the Poisson or negative binomial. It is argued that the use of inappropriate models can result in unreliable inferences, which in turn could lead to poor management decisions. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Analysis of the impact of prawn trawling on benthic species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
10.1002/env.663.abs
Prawn trawling is a major fishing activity in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, generating millions of dollars for the Australian economy. It is important that appropriate management decisions are made to ensure the sustainability of the industry. An experimental study was conducted to quantify the recovery of seabed fauna after repeated trawling. Data from the study were composed of counts of observed benthic organisms on the seabed. The data were analysed using models based on a generalization of the simple Poisson process, which allows for over‐dispersion and under‐dispersion relative to the Poisson distribution. It was found that these models more faithfully described the data than more standard models such as the Poisson or negative binomial. It is argued that the use of inappropriate models can result in unreliable inferences, which in turn could lead to poor management decisions. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Analysis of the impact of prawn trawling on benthic species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Toscas, P. J. (author) / Faddy, M. J. (author) / Burridge, C. Y. (author)
Environmetrics ; 15 ; 279-289
2004-05-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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