Accounting for cohort-specific variable growth in fisheries stock assessments: A case study from south-eastern Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-36

  Whitten, Athol R ^a,b   Klaer, Neil L ^b   Tuck, Geoffrey N ^b   Day, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrated analysis; Stock assessment; Stock Synthesis; Variable growth

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 84875504540     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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