Maximum population growth rates and recovery times for Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 762-772

  Myers, Ransom A ^a,b   Mertz, Gordon ^b   Fowlow, P Stacey ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Station C   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT RECRUITMENT; ATLANTIC COD; DEPLETED STOCK; DEPLETED STOCKS; MAXIMUM GROWTH RATE; MAXIMUM GROWTH RATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOVERY TIMES;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0030750841     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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