Exploring the population dynamics of winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata) in the Georges Bank region using a statistical catch-at-age model incorporating length, migration, and recruitment process errors

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 774-792

  Frisk, M G ^a   Martell, S J D ^b   Miller, T J ^c   Sosebee, K ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; DEMERSAL FISH; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

LEUCORAJA OCELLATA;

EID: 77952249593     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-008     Document Type: Article

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