nca4-changes-in-species-distribution-and-abundance-panel-2-process

Methodology:

A time series of spawning stock biomass (mt) of female lobsters in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank stock is provided in Table 6.3.3.1 of ASMFC (2015). Methods for deriving this time series are explained in the stock assessment report.

Line graph of year vs. spawning stock biomass (mt) of female lobsters in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank stock

Methodology Contact: Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Processes

The duration of this activity was 15 hours.

Interim artifacts generated by this activity :

C:\Users\kmills\Documents\Papers\ASMFC2015.pdf,C:\Users\kmills\Documents\Active research\NCA\species biomass trends data.xls

Output artifacts generated by this activity :

C:\Users\kmills\Documents\Active research\NCA\Fig18.5_Biomass_GOMGBlobster

Tools

Computing environment : Windows 10

Software used : N/A

Visualization software used : R Studio 0.99.878

Data Bounding

The input object was time bounded starting from January 01, 1979 (00:00 AM)

The input object was time bounded ending at December 31, 2013 (00:00 AM)

The input object was bounded spatially:

This activity resulted in the following :

• image 51655c96-3e43-4cc8-a5f3-37271e7b0ba6 was derived from American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report.