A sequential Bayesian methodology to estimate movement and exploitation rates using electronic and conventional tag data: Application to Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-342

  Kurota, Hiroyuki ^a,b   McAllister, Murdoch K ^b   Lawson, Gareth L ^c   Nogueira, Jacob I ^c   Teo, Steven L H ^c   Block, Barbara A ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM;

PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 65349096874     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-197     Document Type: Article

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