Contributions of FOCI research to forecasts of year-class strength of walleye pollock in Shelikof Strait, Alaska

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 189-203

  Megrey, Bernard A ^a   Hollowed, Anne B ^a   Hare, Steven R ^b   Allen Macklin, S ^a   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

forecast; recruitment; stock assessment; walleye pollock; year class strength

Indexed keywords

POLLACHIUS VIRENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0030431535     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.1996.tb00092.x     Document Type: Review

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