Selection for fast growth during the larval life of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua on the Scotian shelf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 25-37

  Meekan, Mark G ^a   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Fish larvae; Growth selection

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

COD; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GROWTH; SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF;

EID: 0029669621     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137025     Document Type: Article

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