Norwegian spring-spawning herring as the test case of piecewise linear regression method for detecting maturation from growth patterns

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2452-2467

  Baulier, L ^a,b   Heino, M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age at maturation; Growth trajectory; Growth reproduction trade off; Piecewise linear regression

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 57749193264     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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