Using weight of evidence characterization and modeling to investigate the cause of the changes in pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) population dynamics in Puget sound and at cherry point, Washington

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-202

  Landis, Wayne G ^a   Bryant, Peter T ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacific herring; Population dynamics; Population modeling; Puget Sound

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURED POPULATION; AGE STRUCTURES; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CHERRY POINT , WASHINGTON; EASTERN PACIFIC; FORECAST MODEL; FORECAST MODELING; INTRINSIC RATE OF INCREASE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZES; PUGET SOUND; RESEARCH PROGRAMS;

DYNAMICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AGE STRUCTURE; CLUPEOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASHINGTON;

CHERRY POINT; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CLUPEA PALLASI;

EID: 76649114061     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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