Movements and distribution of cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern North Sea and English Channel: Results from conventional and electronic tagging experiments

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 599-613

  Righton, David ^a   Quayle, Victoria Anne ^a   Hetherington, Stuart ^a   Burt, Gary ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GADOID; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 34247520212     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054641     Document Type: Article

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