Estimating proportion mature at age when immature fish are unavailable for study, with application to american shad in the york river, Virginia

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 703-716

  Maki, Kristin L ^a   Hoenig, John M ^a   Olney, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE STRUCTURE; ANADROMY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035166414     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2001)021<0703:EPMAAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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