Modelling and forecasting monthly swordfish catches in the Eastern Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL 1, 2003, Pages 283-290

  Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^a   Tserpes, George ^b   Peristeraki, Panagiota ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Eastern Mediterranean; Forecasting; Long term changes; Uncertainty; X 11 census technique; Xiphias gladius

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENSUS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

(EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0041626029     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67s1283     Document Type: Article

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