Bill Ricker: An Appreciation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Noakes, David L. G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, 24
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Animal ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Zoology.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Animal Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Environment, general.

This book is the first complete biography of one of the founders of fishery science, William Edwin (Bill) Ricker (1908 - 2001). Bill is immortalized in the Ricker Curve. He developed the Curve in his studies of stock and recruitment in fisheries, but it has been widely applied in many areas of scien...

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