Natural mortality estimators for information-limited fisheries

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-562

  Kenchington, Trevor J ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information limited fisheries; Natural mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912009221     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12027     Document Type: Article

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