Annual egg production estimates of cod (Gadus morhua), plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in the Irish Sea: The effects of modelling choices and assumptions

Fisheries Research

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-155

  Maxwell, David L ^a   Armstrong, Michael J ^a   Beggs, Steven ^b   Aldridge, John N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg production; Generalized additive models; Irish Sea; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 84856502133     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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