Age at maturation predicted from routine scale measurements in Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) using discriminant and neural network analyses

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 304-313

  Engelhard, Georg H ^a   Dieckmann, Ulf ^b   Godø, Olav Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age at maturation; Classification; Discriminant analysis; Growth layers; Neural network; Norwegian spring spawning herring; Scale measurements

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; SCALE READING;

CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0037800459     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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