Inaccuracies in routinely collected Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) maturity data and correction using a gonadosomatic index model

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1477-1487

  McPherson, Lindsay R ^a   Ganias, Konstantinos ^b   Marshall, C Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; fisheries management; GSI; maturity scale; operator error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; CLUPEOID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HISTOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAWNING;

ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; NORWAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84864276736     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541100018X     Document Type: Article

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