Recruitment forecasting using indices of young-of-the-year Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) abundance in the Strait of Georgia (BC)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1681-1687

  Schweigert, Jacob F ^a   Hay, Douglas E ^a   Therriault, Thomas W ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^a   Haegele, Carl W ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Juveniles; Pacific herring; Prediction; Recruitment; Young of the year

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CLUPEOID; FORECASTING METHOD; JUVENILE; PREDICTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 69249211033     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp182     Document Type: Article

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