Survival variability and population density in fish populations

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7185, 2008, Pages 344-347

  Minto, Coilín ^a   Myers, Ransom A ^b   Blanchard, Wade ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Mathematics and Statistics Dalhousie University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; RECOVERY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 41149157491     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06605     Document Type: Article

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