Dictionary of ichthyology

CONDITIONAL NATURAL MORTALITY RATE

conditional natural mortality rate: translation

the fraction of an initial stock that would die from causes other than fishing during a year (or season), if there were no fishing mortality (Ricker, 1975). Also called annual natural mortality rate, seasonal natural mortality rate

  1. conditional natural mortality rate—conditional natural mortality rate translationThe fraction of an initial stock that would die from causes other than fishing during a year or season if there were no fish...Fisheries dictionary