TY - JOUR
T1 - Stochastic growth of the eastern king prawn (melicertus plebejus (hess, 1865)) harvested off eastern Australia
AU - Montgomery, Steven S.
AU - Courtney, Anthony J.
AU - Die, David J.
AU - Braccini, J. Matías
AU - Prosser, Andrew
AU - Troynikov, Vladimir S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Stochastic growth models were fitted to length-increment data of eastern king prawns, Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865), tagged across eastern Australia. The estimated growth parameters and growth transition matrix are for each sex representative of the species' geographical distribution. Our study explicitly displays the stochastic nature of prawn growth. Capturing length-increment growth heterogeneity for short-lived exploited species such as prawns that cannot be readily aged is essential for length-based modelling and improved management.
AB - Stochastic growth models were fitted to length-increment data of eastern king prawns, Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865), tagged across eastern Australia. The estimated growth parameters and growth transition matrix are for each sex representative of the species' geographical distribution. Our study explicitly displays the stochastic nature of prawn growth. Capturing length-increment growth heterogeneity for short-lived exploited species such as prawns that cannot be readily aged is essential for length-based modelling and improved management.
KW - Eastern king prawn
KW - Melicertus plebejus
KW - stochastic growth model
KW - tag-recapture information
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U2 - 10.1163/15685403-00003193
DO - 10.1163/15685403-00003193
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885621862
VL - 86
SP - 651
EP - 660
JO - Crustaceana
JF - Crustaceana
SN - 0011-216X
IS - 6
ER -