Reconstructing ecosystem dynamics in the central Pacific Ocean, 1952-1998. I. Estimating population biomass and recruitment of tunas and billfishes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1724-1735

  Cox, Sean P ^a,e   Martell, Steven J D ^a   Walters, Carl J ^c   Essington, Timothy E ^b   Kitchell, James F ^a   Boggs, Christofer ^d   Kaplan, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; PELAMIS; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0036881740     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-137     Document Type: Article

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