Growth changes in plaice, cod, haddock and saithe in the North Sea: A comparison of (post-)medieval and present-day growth rates based on otolith measurements

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 313-328

  Bolle, Loes J ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^b   Millner, Richard S ^c   Van Leeuwen, Piet I ^a   Ervynck, Anton ^d   Ayers, Richard ^c   Ongenae, Ellen ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c Ctr Environ   (United Kingdom)

^d Box 5   (Belgium)

^e Fisheries Research Station   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeological excavations; Back calculation; Concentration hypothesis; Density dependent growth; Gadus morhua; Melanogrammus aeglefinus; Otoliths; Pleuronectes platessa; Pollachius virens

Indexed keywords

FISHING EFFORT; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; POLLACHIUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 2342578852     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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