Modeling the Effect of Environmental Factors on the Ricker Stock-Recruitment Relationship for North Pacific Albacore Using Generalized Additive Models

This study investigates how the inclusion of El Niño episodes affects the modeling of recruitment in North Pacific albacore. The relationship between spawning stock size and recruitment for the 1976 - 2004 period, including environmental variables (Southern Oscillation Index and sea surface temperat...

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Main Authors: Chia-Lung Shih, Yi-Hsiu Chen, Chien-Chung Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Geoscience Union 2014-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/images/attachments/v254p581.pdf