Estimating growth of tropical tunas in the Indian Ocean using tag-recapture data and otolith-based age estimates

Fisheries Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-68

  Eveson, J Paige ^a   Million, Julien ^b   Sardenne, Fany ^b,c   Le Croizier, Gaël ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Indian Ocean Tuna Commission   (Seychelles)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Bigeye (Thunnus obesus); Maximum likelihood; Otolith; Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis); Tag recapture; Two stanza growth; Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares)

Indexed keywords

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84920870081     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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