eumetric

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English

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Etymology

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From eu- +‎ metric.

Adjective

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eumetric (not comparable)

  1. (ecology) That produces a stable population size
    • 2015 August 12, Marc O. Nadon et al., “Length-Based Assessment of Coral Reef Fish Populations in the Main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands”, in PLoS ONE[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      We examined the potential increases in yields if the sizes at first capture ( L c ) were set optimally for the estimated fishing mortality rates (i.e., eumetric fishing).