Associations between Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and hydrographic variables: Implications for the management of the 4VsW cod stock

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 597-614

  Smith, Stephen J ^a   Page, Fred H ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance indices; Cold intermediate layer water mass; Stock assessment; Stratified random design; Trawl surveys; Year effects

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

WATER;

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ABUNDANCE INDICES; COD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; YEAR-CLASS STRENGTH; YEAR-EFFECTS;

ATLANTIC COD; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST), SCOTIAN SHELF; ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF;

EID: 0029953454     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0081     Document Type: Article

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