A review of the evidence for genetic structure of cod (Gadus morhua) populations in the NW Atlantic and population affinities of larval cod off Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Fisheries Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 79-97

  Ruzzante, D E ^a   Taggart, C T ^a   Cook, D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bank scale population structure; Cod; Gadus morhua; Genetic structure; Larvae; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; GADOID FISHERY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0032695057     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00067-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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