Looking in the rear-view mirror: Bias and retrospective patterns in integrated, age-structured stock assessment models

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-110

  Hurtado Ferro, Felipe ^a   Szuwalski, Cody S ^a,b   Valero, Juan L ^c   Anderson, Sean C ^d   Cunningham, Curry J ^a   Johnson, Kelli F ^a   Licandeo, Roberto ^e   McGilliard, Carey R ^a,g   Monnahan, Cole C ^a   Muradian, Melissa L ^a   Ono, Kotaro ^a   Vert Pre, Katyana A ^f   Whitten, Athol R ^a   Punt, André E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM)   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; fisheries stock assessment; integrated analysis; retrospective patterns; simulation; statistical age structured models

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84922466792     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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