A new approach to the analysis of stock-recruitment relationships: 'Model-free estimation' using fuzzy logic

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 686-699

  Mackinson, Steven ^a   Vasconcellos, Marcelo ^a   Newlands, Nathaniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RECRUITMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032806483     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-215     Document Type: Article

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