Including cetaceans in multi-species assessment models using strandings data: why, how and what can we do about it?

Single-species models have been commonly used to assess fish stocks in the past. Since these models have relatively simple data requirements, they sometimes provide the only tool available to assess the status of a stock when data are not enough to develop more complex models. However, these models...

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Main Authors: Camilo Saavedra, Jose Cedeira, Daniel Howell, Graham J Pierce, Fiona Read
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00156/full