Automated egg counting and sizing from scanned images: Rapid sample processing and large data volumes for fecundity estimates

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-316

  Friedland, K D ^a,b   Ama Abasi, D ^a   Manning, M ^a   Clarke, L ^a   Kligys, G ^a   Chambers, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alosa sapidissima; American shad; Egg size; Fecundity; Image processing; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744573484     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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