Bayesian integrated survey-based assessments: An example applied to North Sea herring (clupea harengus) survey data

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1387-1407

  Hillary, Richard ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLUPEOID; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FISHING MORTALITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 80052046808     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-047     Document Type: Article

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