Estimation of natural mortality using statistical analysis of fisheries catch-at-age data

Fisheries Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 342-351

  Wang, Yingbin ^a   Liu, Qun ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Natural mortality; Statistical catch at age; Virtual population analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY; MODEL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 33646412577     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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