Using electronic tag data to improve mortality and movement estimates in a tag-based spatial fisheries assessment model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 869-883

  Eveson, J Paige ^a   Basson, Marinelle ^a   Hobday, Alistair J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; PRECISION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TAGGING;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 84860324037     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-026     Document Type: Article

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