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StepwiseLH

This R package allows fisheries scientists to generate probability distributions for missing life history parameters of sharks, groupers, and other taxa to assist data-limited stock assessments

Repository

https://github.com/PIFSCstockassessments/StepwiseLH

References

Nadon, M. O., and J. S. Ault. 2016. A stepwise stochastic simulation approach to estimate life history parameters for data-poor fisheries. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 73:1874–1884.

Erickson, A. K., and Nadon, O. M. 2021. An extension of the stepwise stochastic simulation approach for estimating distributions of missing life history parameter values for sharks, groupers, and other taxa. Fish. Bull. 119(1): 77-92.