Calibrating virtual population analysis for fisheries stock assessment

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Chen, Yong ^a,d   Jiao, Yan ^b   Sun, Chi Lu ^c   Chen, Xinjun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calibration; Retrospective problem; Stepwise procedure; Stock assessment, and simulation; Virtual population analysis (VPA)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

EID: 46749090896     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008030     Document Type: Article

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