Modelling non-stationary natural mortality in catch-at-age models

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-118

  Jiao, Yan ^a   Smith, Eric P ^a   O'Reilly, Rob ^b   Orth, Donald J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Marine Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic weakfish; Bayesian; Natural mortality; Non stationary population dynamics; Statistical catch at age

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCH COMPOSITION; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY STATISTICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; MODEL TEST; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RANDOM WALK METHOD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 83255189391     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr184     Document Type: Article

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