Density-dependence can be revealed by modelling the variance in the stock-recruitment process: An application to flatfish

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2127-2140

  Archambault, B ^a,b   Le Pape, O ^a   Bousquet, N ^c   Rivot, E ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Density dependence; flatfish; heteroscedasticity; hierarchical Bayesian model; meta analysis; stock recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLATFISH; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 84911088741     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst203     Document Type: Article

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