Cross-frontal variation in growth rate and prey availability of larval North Sea cod Gadus morhua

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 334, Issue , 2007, Pages 225-235

  Munk, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cod larvae; Differential mortality; Hydrographic fronts; North sea; Otolith microstructure; Prey availability; Recruitment; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OCEANIC FRONT; OTOLITH; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

COPEPODA; GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 34247502186     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps334225     Document Type: Article

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