Estimating the size-selection curves of towed gears, traps, nets and hooks

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-116

  Millar, Russell B ^a   Fryer, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Fishing gear; Maximum likelihood; SELECT; Size selectivity

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEAR SELECTIVITY; SIZE SELECTION;

EID: 0033427211     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008838220001     Document Type: Article

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