Exploring the assumptions of multi-stock assessment models for humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Southern Hemisphere: using Breeding Stocks D and E as an example

• Main Authors: Leaper, R, Peel, S, Peel, D, Gales, N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Whaling commission, Cambridge, UK 2011
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Butterworth; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://www.iwcoffice.org/JCRM.htm; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/75512

There is potential value in exploring multi-stock models to address situations where humpback stocks are mixing. However, sensitivity to theassumptions underlying these models has yet to be fully explored. Using a simple simulation approach, the assumptions of a population model thatallows for mixin...