Stock Identification Methods: Applications in Fishery Science

By Steven Cadrin

Stock Identification Methods provides a comprehensive review of the various disciplines used to study the population structure of fishery resources. It represents the worldwide experience and perspectives of experts on each method, assembled through a working group of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. The book is organized to foster interdisciplinary analyses and conclusions about stock structure, a crucial topic for fishery science and management. Technological advances have promoted the development of stock identification methods in many directions, resulting in a confusing variety of approaches. Based on central tenets of population biology and management needs, Stock Identification Methods offers a unified framework for understanding stock structure by promoting an understanding of the relative merits and sensitivities of each approach.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 012154351X
• ISBN13: 9780121543518
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"