Historical population assessment of Barents Sea harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1356-1365

  Skaug, Hans J ^a   Frimannslund, Lennart ^a   Øien, Nils I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catch history; Density dependence; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 35949004331     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm118     Document Type: Article

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