Investigation of the influence of seagrass on fisheries catch level using isotonic regression

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-290

  McArthur, Lynne C ^a   Boland, John W ^a   Brown, Bruce ^a   Jones, G K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catch; Effort; Isotonic regression; Permutation test; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES;

CATCH; EFFORT; ISOTONIC REGRESSION; PERMUTATION TESTS; SEAGRASSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; ANGLING; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHING EFFORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEAGRASS; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 26044452718     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENMO.0000004586.27681.41     Document Type: Article

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