Atlantic bluefin tuna: A novel multistock spatial model for assessing population biomass

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Nathan G ^a   McAllister, Murdoch K ^a   Lawson, Gareth L ^b   Carruthers, Tom ^a   Block, Barbara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHING; FOOD INDUSTRY; MULTISTOCK AGE STRUCTURED TAG INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODEL; ONTOGENY; OTOLITH; OVERFISHING; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; STATISTICAL MODEL; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; BREEDING; FISHERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUNA;

EID: 83055182160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027693     Document Type: Article

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