Evaluation of a spatially sex-specific assessment method incorporating a habitat preference model for blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in the Pacific Ocean

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 415-433

  Su, Nan Jay ^a   Sun, Chi Lu ^a   Punt, Andre E ^b   Yeh, Su Zan ^a   Dinardo, Gerard ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation of estimation performance; Monte Carlo simulation; Oceanographic variables; Seasonal movement; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

MAKAIRA NIGRICANS;

EID: 79961131880     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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