Review of integrated size-structured models for stock assessment of hard-to-age crustacean and mollusc species

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-33

  Punt, Andre E ^a,b   Huang, TzuChuan ^a   Maunder, Mark N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Quantitative Resource Assessment LLC   (United States)

^d INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abalone; assessment; Bayesian; crab; estimation; maximum likelihood; oyster; prawn; rock lobster; size structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCH STATISTICS; CRUSTACEAN; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALIOTIDAE; LOBSTER; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84871226710     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss185     Document Type: Review

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