Coherence of Atlantic cod stock dynamics in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 858-874

  Rothschild, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 34250189566     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-213.1     Document Type: Article

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