Oceanographic influences on the distribution of Baltic cod, Gadus morhua, during spawning in the Bornholm Basin of the Baltic Sea

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-62

  Tomkiewicz, Jonna ^a   Lehmann, Klaus M ^b   St John, Michael A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Nordsocentret   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic cod; Bathymetry; Habitat selection; Oxygen; Salinity; Spatial distribution; Spawning aggregation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GADOID FISHERY; GAGOID FISHERY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BALTIC SEA, BORNHOLM BASIN;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0031860913     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1998.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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