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FULL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PAPERS (names with * are students or postdocs in the lab) 

 

(64) Chang, Y. J., C.L. Sun, Y. Chen, S. Z. Yeh. 2008. Incorporating uncertainty into the estimation of biological reference points for a spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) fishery. New Zealand Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research (in press)

(63) Chen, Y., Y. Jiao, C. L. Sun, and X. Chen. 2008. Calibrating virtual population analysis for fisheries stock assessment. Aquatic Living Resources DOI: 10.1051/alr

(62) Chen, X., Y. Chen, S. Tian, B. Liu, and W. Qian. 2008. An assessment of the west winter-spring cohort of neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii) in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research (in press).

(61) Wahle, R. A., C. *Bergeron, A. Chute, L. Jacobson and Y. Chen. 2008. The New England Deep Sea Red Crab Population Before and After the Onset of Harvesting. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences 65 doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn058

(60) Chen, Y., C. L. Sun, and *M. Kanaiwa. 2008. Impacts of prior mis-specification on Bayesian fisheries stock assessment. Freshwater and Marine Research 59:145-156.

(59) Su, NJ, SZ Yeh, C.L. Sun, A. E. Punt, Y. Chen, S.P. Wang. 2008. Standardizeing catch and effort data of the Taiwanese distant-water longline fishery in the western and central Pacific Ocean for bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus. Fisheries Research 90:235-246.

(58) *Kanaiwa, M., Y. Chen, and C. Wilson. 2008. Evaluating a seasonal, sex-specific size-structured stock assessment model for the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Freshwater and Marine Research 59:41-56.

(57) Chen, X J., Liu, B L., Chen, Y. 2008. A review of the development of Chinese distant-water squid jigging fisheries. Fisheries Research 89:211-221

(56) Chen, Y., X. Chen, and L. Xu. 2008. Developing a size indicator for fish populations. Scientia Marina 72: 221-229.

(55) Incze, L. S., H. Xue, N. Wolff, D. Xu, R. Wahle, C. Wilson, R. Steneck, E. Annis, P. Lawton and Y. Chen. 2007. Early Life History and a Modeling Framework for Lobster Populations in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26:555-564.

(54) Chen, X, X. Zhao, and Y. Chen. 2007. El Niño/La Niña Influence on the Western Winter- Spring Cohort of Neon Flying Squid (Ommastrephes bartarmii) in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences 64:1152-1160.

(53)*Zhang, Y. and Y. Chen. 2007. Modeling and evaluating ecosystem in 1980s and 1990s for American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine. Ecological Modeling 203:475-489.

(52) *Liu, Q., Y. Chen, J. Li and L. Chen. 2007. The food web structure and ecosystem properties of a filter-feeding carps dominated deep reservoir ecosystem. Ecological Modeling 203:279-289.

(51) Chen, Y., L. Xu, X. Chen , and X. Dai. 2007. A simulation study of impacts of at-sea discarding and bycatch on the estimation of biological reference points F0.1 and Fmax. Fisheries Research 85:14-22.

(50)Chang, J., C. L. Sun, Y. Chen, S. Yeh, W. Chiang, and W. Su. 2007. Reproductive biology of the spiny lobster, Panulirus Penicillatus, in the southeastern coastal waters off Taiwan. Marine Biology 151:553-564.

(49) * Rajakauna, H., Y. Chen, and P. Snelgrove. 2006. Is retrospective error a “true error”? mathematical basis of adaptive framework for virtual population analysis. Mathematical and Physical Fisheries Science (in press).

(48)  Chen, Y., S. Sherman, C. Wilson, J. Sowles, and *M. Kanaiwa. 2006. A comparison of two fishery-independent survey programs in characterizing population structure of American lobster, Humarus americanus, in the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin 104:247-255.

(47)  *Kirshenbaum, S., Feindal, S., and Y. Chen. 2006. A study to evaluate methods of tagging Maine sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Fishery Bulletin 104:299–302

(46)  *Kanaiwa, M., Y. Chen, and M. Hunter. 2005. An evaluation of a complex length-based fisheries stock assessment model for the green sea urchin fishery in Maine, USA. Fisheries Research 74:96-115.

(45) Chen, Y., *M. Kanaiwa, and C. Wilson. 2005. Developing a Bayesian stock assessment framework for the American lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine. (Special issue on Lobster Biology and Management) 39:645-660.

(44) *Grabowski, R., *T. Windholz, and Y. Chen. 2005. Estimating exploitable stock biomass for the Maine green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) fishery using a spatial statistics approach. Fishery Bulletin 103:320-330

(43) *Jiao, Y., Y. Chen, and J. Wroblewski. 2005. An application of composite risk assessment method in assessing fisheries stock status. Fisheries Research 72:173-183

(42) * Jiao, Y. and Y. Chen. 2004. An application of generalized linear model in production model and sequential population analysis. Fisheries Research 70:367-376.

(41) *Grabowski, R. and Y. Chen. 2004. Incorporating uncertainty into the development of biological reference points F0.1 and Fmax for the Maine green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) fishery. Fisheries Research 68:367-371.

(40) *Scheirer, K., Y. Chen, and C. Wilson. 2004. Comparing two sampling programs for the Maine lobster fishery. Fisheries Research 68: 343 – 350.

(39) *Jiao, Y., Y. Chen, D. Schneider and J. Wroblewski. 2004. A simulation study of impacts of error structure on modelling stock –recruitment data using generalised linear models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  61:122-133.

(38) *Jiao, Y., D. Schneider, Y. Chen, and J. Wroblewski. 2004. An analysis of error structure in modeling stock-recruitment data of Gadus stocks using generalised linear models.Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61:134-146

(37) Jackson, D. A. and Y. Chen. 2003. Robust principal component analysis of ecological data. Environmetrics 14:1-11.

(36) Chen, Y., M. Hunter, R. Vadas, B. Beal. 2003. Developing a growth transition matrix for the Maine sea urchin stock. Fishery Bulletin 101:737-744.

(35) Chen, Y. and Y. Ye. 2003. Evaluation of changes in Kuwait fishery after the 1991 Gulf war. Aquatic Sciences 65:167-180.

(34) Chen, Y. , *Y. Jiao, and L. Chen. 2003. A general approach to developing robust frequentist and Bayesian stock assessment methods in fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 4:105-120.

(33) Chen, Y., L. Chen, and K. Stergiou. 2003. Quantity of fisheries data and uncertainty in stock assessment Aquatic Sciences 65:92-98.

(32) Chen, Y. and M. Hunter. 2003. Assessing the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis) stock in Maine, USA. Fisheries Research 60:527-537.

(31) Chen, Y. 2003. Quality of fisheries data and uncertainty in stock assessment. Scientia Marina 67 (Suppl. 1) 75-87.

(30) *Zhao, Y., Y. Chen, and J. A. Brown. 2002. Impacts of egg size and hatching temperature on size, survival and growth of Atlantic cod larvae (Gadus morhua). Proceeding of the 3rd World Fisheries Congress, American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD (peer-reviewed)

(29) Chen, Y. and *H. Rajakaruna. 2002. Impacts of quantity and quality of fisheries data on stock assessment. Proceedings of the 3rd World Fisheries Congress, American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD (peer-reviewed).

(28) Chen, Y. and C. Wilson. 2002. A simulation study to evaluate impacts of uncertainty on the assessment of American lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1394-1403.

(27) Chen, Y. and Margaret Hunter. 2001. An application of robust Bayesian methods in fisheries stock assessment. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Society, Atlanta, George, August 5-9, 2001.

(26) *Zhao, Y., Y. Chen, and J. Brown. 2001. Egg size, hatching temperature effects on size of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae. Journal of Fish Biology 59:569-581.

(25) Chen, Y., P. Breen, and N. Andrew. 2000. Impacts of outliers and mis-specification of priors on Bayesian fisheries stock assessment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 2293-2305

(24) Chen, Y. and D. A. Jackson. 2000. An empirical study on estimators for linear regression analyses in fisheries and ecology. Fisheries Research 49:193-206PRIVATE  

(23) Chen, Y. and H. H. Harvey. 1999. Spatial structuring of length-at-age of the benthivorous white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in relation to environmental variables. Aquatic Living Resources 12:351-362.

 

(22) Chen, Y. and D. Fournier. 1999. Impacts of atypical data on Bayesian inference and robust Bayesian approach in fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:1525-1533

 

(21) Chen, Y. and *G. S. Mello. 1999. Growth and maturation of cod (Gadus morhua) of different year classes in NAFO Subdivision 3Ps in Northwest Atlantic. Fisheries Research 42:87-101

 

(20) Chen, Y. and S. Kennelly. 1999. Growth of spanner crab, Ranina ranina, off the east coast of Australia. Freshwater and Marine Research 50:319-325

 

(19) Chen, Y. and S. Montgomery. 1999. Modelling the dynamics of rock lobster, Jasus verreauxi, stock in New South Wales, Australia. Fishery Bulletin 97:25-38.

 

(18) Chen, Y. and J. E. Paloheimo. 1998. Can a more realistic model error structure improve parameter estimation in modelling the dynamics of fish populations? Fisheries Research 38:9-17.

(17) Chen, Y., G. Liggins, and R. West. 1998. A yield-per-recruit model for sequential fisheries and its application in evaluating the management strategy of changing incidental inshore fishing mortality. Aquatic Sciences 60:130-144.

(16) Chen, Y. and N. Andrew. 1998. Parameter estimation in modelling the dynamics of fish stock biomass: are currently used observation-error estimators reliable?  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:749-760.

 

(15) Chen, Y. 1997. A comparison study of age- and length-structured yield-per-recruit models. Fisheries Research 30:43-55.

 

(14) Andrew, N. and Y. Chen. 1997. Optimal sampling for estimating the size structure and mean size of abalone caught in a New South Wales fishery. Fishery Bulletin 95:403-413.

 

(13) Chen, Y. and G. Gordon. 1997. Assessing at-sea discarding using a length-structured yield-per-recruit model. Fisheries Research 30:43-55.

 

(12) Chen, Y., G. Liggins, K. Graham, and S. Kenelley. 1997. Modelling length-dependent offshore distribution of redfish, Centroberyx affinis. Fisheries Research 29:39-54.

 

(11) Paloheimo, J. E. and Y. Chen. 1996. Estimating fish mortalities and cohort sizes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53:1572-1579.

 

(10) Chen, Y. 1996. A Monte Carlo study on impacts of the size of subsample catch on estimation of fish stock parameters. Fisheries Research 26:207-223.

 

(9) Chen, Y. and D. A. Jackson. 1995. Robust estimation of mean and variance in fisheries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 124:401-412.

 

(8) Chen, Y. and H. H. Harvey. 1995. Growth, abundance, and food supply of white sucker, Catostomus commersoni. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 124:262-271.

 

(7) Chen, Y. and J. E. Paloheimo. 1995. A robust regression analysis of recruitment in fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 993-1006.

 

(6) Chen, Y. and H. H. Harvey. 1994. Maturation of white sucker, Catostomus commersoni, populations in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:2066-2076.

 

(5) Chen, Y. and J. E. Paloheimo. 1994. Estimation of fish length and age at 50% maturity using a logistic type model. Aquatic Sciences 56:206-219.

 

(4) Chen, Y. and J. E. Paloheimo. 1994. Robust regression approach to estimating fish mortality rates with a cohort-based model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 50:2421-2428.

 

(3) Chen, Y., D. A. Jackson, and J. E. Paloheimo. 1994. Robust regression approach to analyzing fisheries data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:1420-1429.

 

(2) Paloheimo, J. E. and Y. Chen. 1993. Estimation of effective effort from catch-at-age data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:2421-2428.

 

(1) Chen, Y., D. A. Jackson, H. H. Harvey. 1992. A comparison of von Bertalanffy and polynomial functions in modelling fish growth data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1228-1235.

 

 

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