Effects of Stochasticity in Early Life History on Steepness and Population Growth Rate Estimates: An Illustration on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

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Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Simon, Maximilien ^a,b   Fromentin, Jean Marc ^b   Bonhommeau, Sylvain ^b   Gaertner, Daniel ^c   Brodziak, Jon ^d   Etienne, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; FISH STOCK; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH RATE; PROBABILITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STEEPNESS; STOCHASTICITY; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISHERIES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; TUNA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84868307679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048583     Document Type: Article

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