Reproductive ecology and scientific inference of steepness: A fundamental metric of population dynamics and strategic fisheries management

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-104

  Mangel, Marc ^a   Brodziak, Jon ^b   DiNardo, Gerard ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian prior; Early life history; Reproductive ecology; Scombrids; Steepness; Stock recruitment relationship

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD ORGANISM; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 77149177642     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00345.x     Document Type: Review

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