Estimating exploitable stock biomass for the Maine green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) fishery using a spatial statistics approach

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 320-330

  Grabowski, Robert C ^a,b   Windholz, Thomas ^c   Chen, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Falmer House   (United Kingdom)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECHINODERM FISHERY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 20444399561     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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