Changes in spawning stock structure strengthen the link between climate and recruitment in a heavily fished cod (Gadus morhua) stock

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-243

  Ottersen, Geir ^a,b   Hjermann, Dag Ø ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Barents Sea; Climate; Cod; Length; Spawning stock biomass; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISH; FISHING EFFORT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPAWNING GROUND; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 33745223835     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2006.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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