Evaluating the stock-recruitment relationship and management reference points: Application to summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in the U.S. mid-Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-26

  Maunder, Mark N ^a  

^a Quantitative Resource Assessment LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beverton Holt; Fisheries management; Maximum sustainable yield; Reference points; Steepness; Stock assessment; Stock recruitment

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 84858730850     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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