Properties of age compositions and mortality estimates derived from cohort slicing of length data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-53

  Ailloud, Lisa E ^a   Smith, Matthew W ^a   Then, Amy Y ^a   Omori, Kristen L ^a   Ralph, Gina M ^a   Hoenig, John M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

age composition; age distribution; age slicing; catch at age; cohort slicing; mortality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84922463701     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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