Estimating the status of nearshore rockfish (Sebastes spp.) populations with length frequency data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 977-986

  O'Farrell, Michael R ^a   Botsford, Louis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg per recruit; Fisheries; Length frequency; Lifetime egg production; Persistence; Rockfish; Sebastes spp.; Size structured; Stock assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FISH; FISHING MORTALITY; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FISH; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

SEBASTES;

EID: 33745992258     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0977:ETSONR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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