Explanations and predictions in fisheries science - Problems and challenges in a historical and epistemological perspective

Fisheries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 297-310

  Ulltang, Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Explanations; Fish population dynamics; Fisheries science; Predictions; Stock assessments; Testability

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031692346     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00145-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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