Spatio-temporal variation in fish condition is not consistently explained by density, temperature, or season for California Current groundfishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-112

  Thorson, James T ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Fish growth; Gaussian random fields; Northeast Pacific groundfish; Relative condition factor; Spatial analysis; State dependent life history theory; Weight at length

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; CATCH COMPOSITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PISCES;

EID: 84928311480     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11204     Document Type: Article

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