Natural mortality from poor condition in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 826-836

  Dutil, Jean Denis ^a   Lambert, Yvan ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ENERGY DEPLETION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORTALITY; SEASONALITY; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; WILD RELATIVE;

BODY CONDITION; MORTALITY; STARVATION;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0034035275     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-023     Document Type: Article

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