A proposed, tested, and applied adjustment to account for bias in growth parameter estimates due to selectivity

Fisheries Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-39

  Schueller, Amy M ^a   Williams, Erik H ^a   Cheshire, Robin T ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Menhaden; Selectivity; Stock assessment; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

BREVOORTIA PATRONUS; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 84900336611     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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