Modelling length-at-age variability under irreversible growth

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 638-653

  Gurney, William S C ^a,b   Tyldesley, Graham ^a   Wood, Simon N ^c   Bacon, Philip J ^b   Heath, Michael R ^b   Youngson, Alan ^b   Ibbotson, Anton ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALMONID; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34547199488     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-039     Document Type: Article

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