Quantifying and comparing size selectivity among Alaskan sockeye salmon fisheries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 804-816

  Kendall, Neala W ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and length at maturation; Alaskan sockeye salmon; Fisheries induced evolution; Fishery selection; Harvest selection; Harvest induced selection; Life history evolution; Linear mixed effects models; Oncorhynchus nerka; Selection differentials

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SALMONID FISHERY; SIZE AT MATURITY; SIZE SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMON; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHERIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALMON;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 84860228248     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1189.1     Document Type: Article

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