A Bumpy Old Road: Size-Based Methods in Fisheries Assessment

Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 189-210

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Fisheries assessment; Growth models; Size frequency analysis; Statistical normal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868144350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693919.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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