Does size matter? A cautionary experiment on overoptimism in length-based bioresource assessment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 996-1008

  Fonseca, Duane B ^a,b   Sheehy, Matt R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY SIZE; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOBSTER; MORTALITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 35348980263     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-076     Document Type: Article

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