Exploring the assumptions of multi-stock assessment models for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Southern Hemisphere: Using breeding stocks D and e as an example

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 3, 2011, Pages 119-128

  Leaper, Rebecca ^a,b   Peel, Samantha ^a   Peel, David ^c   Gales, Nick ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Catch allocation; Density dependence; Humpback whale; Mixing; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CATCH STATISTICS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MIXING; POPULATION MODELING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WHALE;

EID: 84865339172     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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