Ontogenetic and seasonal trends in recent growth rates of Atlantic cod and haddock larvae on Georges Bank: Effects of photoperiod and temperature

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 205-226

  Buckley, L J ^a   Caldarone, E M ^b   Lough, R G ^c   St Onge Burns, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Diel trends; Growth; Haddock; Larvae; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; ONTOGENY; PHOTOPERIOD; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; PISCES;

EID: 33845391492     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325205     Document Type: Article

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