Renaissance of a caveat: Allee effects in marine fish

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2152-2157

  Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Depensation; population growth rate; rebuilding; recovery; reference point; threshold

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLELE; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84899698035     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst179     Document Type: Article

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