Ontogenetic variation in habitat association for four groundfish species in the Gulf of Maine - Georges Bank region

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 169-181

  Methratta, Elizabeth T ^a,b   Link, Jason S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Fisheries; Life history; Northwest Atlantic; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT; ONTOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 34250798073     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338169     Document Type: Article

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