Maturity changes in Norwegian spring-spawning herring Clupea harengus: Compensatory or evolutionary responses?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 272, Issue , 2004, Pages 245-256

  Engelhard, Georg H ^a,b   Heino, Mikko ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fisheries induced change; Growth rates; Maturation; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042605187     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps272245     Document Type: Article

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