Extracting groundfish survey indices from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS): An example from fisheries and Oceans Canada

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 638-645

  Ricard, Daniel ^a   Branton, Robert M ^a   Clark, Donald W ^b   Hurley, Peter ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ocean Biogeographic Information System; Stratified random design; Temporal stock dynamics; Trawl surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TRAWLING;

EID: 77951481764     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp275     Document Type: Article

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