Systematic errors in length frequency data and their effect on age-structured stock assessment models and management

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 218-232

  Heery, Eliza C ^a   Berkson, Jim ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERFISHING; SHARK; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

SERRANIDAE;

EID: 77950987767     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-226.1     Document Type: Article

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