Geolocation of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) movements in the Gulf of Maine using tidal information

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-335

  Groger J P ^a,b   Rountree, R A ^b   Thygesen, U H ^c   Jones, D ^b   Martins, D ^b   Xu, Q ^b   Rothschild, B J ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Cod; Geolocation; Migration; Tagging; Tidal models

Indexed keywords

GADOID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; TAGGING; TIDAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NANTUCKET SHOALS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 34250726542     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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