Nearshore settlement and localized populations of age 0 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in shallow coastal waters of Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1317-1327

  Grant, Scott M ^a   Brown, Joseph A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOVEMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION RISK;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; TRINITY BAY;

GADUS MORHUA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0031790358     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-310     Document Type: Article

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