Estimating the probability that historical populations of fish species are extirpated

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 522-529

  Grogan, Christopher S ^a   Boreman, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT;

ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS SUTTKUSI;

EID: 0031767151     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0522:ETPTHP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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