Bayesian survey-based assessment of north sea plaice (pleuronectes platessa): Extracting integrated signals from multiple surveys

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-679

  Bogaards, Johannes A ^a   Kraak, Sarah B M ^a,b   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Plaice; Population dynamics; State space models; Survey based assessment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FISHING; FLATFISH FISHERY; MORTALITY; SIGNAL; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 68349105690     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp038     Document Type: Article

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