Fisheries Science and Management

4.

Population Dynamics

4.1.

Core Concepts of Fish Populations

4.1.1.

Population Structure

4.1.1.1.

4.1.1.2.

4.1.1.3.

4.1.1.4.

Genetic Structure

4.1.2.

Abundance and Density

4.1.2.1.

Estimation Methods

4.1.2.2.

Spatial and Temporal Variation

4.1.2.3.

Carrying Capacity

4.1.3.

Distribution and Spatial Patterns

4.1.3.1.

Aggregation and Dispersion

4.1.3.2.

Habitat Use Patterns

4.1.3.3.

Metapopulation Dynamics

4.2.

Key Population Processes

4.2.1.

4.2.1.1.

Stock-Recruitment Relationships

4.2.1.1.1.

Beverton-Holt Model

4.2.1.1.2.

4.2.1.1.3.

Depensatory Effects

4.2.1.2.

Factors Affecting Larval Survival

4.2.1.2.1.

Environmental Variability

4.2.1.2.2.

Predation and Food Availability

4.2.1.2.3.

Habitat Quality

4.2.1.3.

Recruitment Variability

4.2.1.3.1.

Environmental Drivers

4.2.1.3.2.

Density-Dependent Effects

4.2.2.

4.2.2.1.

Individual Growth Models

4.2.2.1.1.

von Bertalanffy Growth Model

4.2.2.1.2.

4.2.2.1.3.

Logistic Growth Model

4.2.2.2.

Population Growth

4.2.2.2.1.

Exponential Growth

4.2.2.2.2.

Logistic Growth

4.2.2.2.3.

Growth Rate Parameters

4.2.2.3.

Factors Affecting Growth

4.2.2.3.1.

4.2.2.3.2.

Food Availability

4.2.2.3.3.

Density Effects

4.2.3.

4.2.3.1.

Natural Mortality

4.2.3.1.1.

Causes of Natural Mortality

4.2.3.1.2.

Estimation Techniques

4.2.3.1.3.

Age-Dependent Mortality

4.2.3.2.

Fishing Mortality

4.2.3.2.1.

Measurement and Calculation

4.2.3.2.2.

Effects on Population

4.2.3.2.3.

Selectivity Patterns

4.2.3.3.

Total Mortality

4.2.3.3.1.

Relationship to M and F

4.2.3.3.2.

Instantaneous Mortality Rates

4.3.

Population Modeling

4.3.1.

Surplus Production Models

4.3.1.1.

Logistic Growth Concept

4.3.1.2.

Maximum Sustainable Yield

4.3.1.3.

4.3.1.4.

4.3.1.5.

Model Assumptions and Limitations

4.3.2.

Dynamic Pool Models

4.3.2.1.

Yield-Per-Recruit Analysis

4.3.2.2.

Beverton-Holt Yield Model

4.3.2.3.

Spawning Stock Biomass per Recruit

4.3.3.

Age-Structured Models

4.3.3.1.

Cohort Analysis

4.3.3.2.

Virtual Population Analysis

4.3.3.3.

Statistical Catch-at-Age Models

4.3.3.4.

Forward Projection Models

4.3.3.5.

Model Inputs and Outputs

4.3.4.

Integrated Assessment Models

4.3.4.1.

Stock Synthesis

4.3.4.2.

4.3.4.3.

Model Structure and Components

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