The promises and pitfalls of including decadalscale climate forcing of recruitment in groundfish stock assessment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 912-926

  Haltuch, Melissa A ^a   Punt, André E ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; DEMERSAL FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FISHERY MODELING; HARVESTING; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79958843187     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-030     Document Type: Article

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