Is Logarithmic Transformation Really the Best Procedure for Estimating Stock-Recruitment Relationships?

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 339-350

  MacCall, Alec D ^a   Ralston, Stephen ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY STATISTICS; RECRUITMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036205856     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2002)022<0339:ILTRTB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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