Covariation in climate, zooplankton biomass and mackerel recruitment in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-149

  Runge, J A ^a   Castonguay, M ^a   De Lafontaine, Y ^b   Ringuette, M ^c   Beaulieu, J L ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calanus; Copepod production; Fish larvae; Gulf of St Lawrence; Mackerel; Recruitment; RIVSUM

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; EGG PRODUCTION; FRESHWATER INPUT; RECRUITMENT;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 0032998787     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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