Growth and maturation of cod (Gadus morhua) of different year classes in the Northwest Atlantic, NAFO subdivision 3Ps

Fisheries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 87-101

  Chen, Y ^a   Mello, L G S ^a  

^a a specialized research centre of the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gadus morhua; Growth; Life history theory; Maturation; Northwest Atlantic; Principal component analysis; Robust estimation; Year class

Indexed keywords

GADOID; GROWTH; MATURATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0032851082     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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