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Terminology record for age-length key


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Record No.: 15/en/25
Author: ELAD D. F.
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Last updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


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Fisheries management FISHTERM subject field hierarchy     (Hierarchy: Fisheries > Fisheries management)
TERM * Age-length key status: recommended
PART OF SPEECH noun
PLURAL Age-length keys ;

DEFINITION One approach used to assign ages to fish, given length measurements. For example, it can be used to convert catch-at-size data into catch-at-age data. Age-length keys are typically applied to the complete sample of fish with the goal of estimating the distribution of ages or some other biological value for each age.
DEFINITION SOURCE https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.1201/9781315371986-5/age-length-keys-derek-ogle#:~:text=Age%2Dlength%20keys%20are%20typically,Journals%20Journals ;
SCRS (2001)

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