Meanings
adjectivedepensatory (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to depensation
For example, a depensatory mortality mechanism was suggested to explain the inverse relationship between lobster mortality and lobster catches occurring homogenously across the stock assessment areas in Tasmania [15 ].
2015 October 22, “Predation Risk within Fishing Gear and Implications for South Australian Rock Lobster Fisheries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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