Skewed sex ratios in spawning shoals of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 820-826

  Morgan, M J ^a   Trippel, E A ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

depth; distribution; temperature

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

COD; FISH SHOAL; FISH SHOALS; SEX RATIO; SKEWNESS; SPAWNING POPULATION; SPAWNING POPULATIONS;

ATLANTIC, GRAND BANK; ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 0030251268     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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