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Compensatory density-dependent processes in fish stocks are critical for the sustainability of fisheries, yet the implications of different mechanisms of density dependence in populations are seldom considered. We examine a size-structured matrix model of an abalone population subject to compensatory density-dependent processes at various life-stages. Matrix elements governing transitions amongst...