Age sample sizes and their effects on growth estimation and stock assessment outputs: Three case studies from U.S. West Coast fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-102

  He, Xi ^a   Field, John C ^a   Pearson, Donald E ^a   Lefebvre, Lyndsey S ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age data; Bocaccio; Conditional age at length; Growth estimate; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940056449     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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