Can steepness of the stock-recruitment relationship be estimated in fishery stock assessment models?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-261

  Lee, Hui Hua ^a,c   Maunder, Mark N ^b   Piner, Kevin R ^c   Methot, Richard D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacific Coast groundfish stocks; Steepness; Stock assessment; Stock synthesis; Stock recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860518196     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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