Stock assessment and biological knowledge: Can prediction uncertainly be reduced?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 659-675

  Ulltang, Øyvind ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

biological knowledge; empirical content; explanatory theories; north east Arctic cod; predictions; stock assessments

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIONS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; FISH STOCK; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA;

EID: 0030201532     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0086     Document Type: Article

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