Optimal estimation of catch by the continuous underway fish egg sampler based on a model of the vertical distribution of American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) eggs

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-30

  Pepin, P ^a   Curtis, K A ^a,b   Snelgrove, P V R ^b   De Young, B ^c   Helbig, J A ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

American plaice; Biophysical modelling; Catchability; Fish eggs; Sampling; Survey design; Uncertainty; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCHABILITY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EGG; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING; SURVEY DESIGN; TELEOST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 34447520117     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl016     Document Type: Article

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