Settlement and distribution of Age-0 juvenile cod, Gadus morhua and G. ogac, following a large-scale habitat manipulation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 262, Issue , 2003, Pages 241-252

  Laurel, B J ^a   Gregory, R S ^b   Brown, J A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; BACI design; Eelgrass; Greenland cod; Habitat enhancement; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

GADOID; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; SEAGRASS; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BONAVISTA BAY; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; GADUS OGAC; HALOPHILA; VERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0345531051     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps262241     Document Type: Article

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