Migratory behaviour of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua: Natal homing is the prime stock-separating mechanism

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 345, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Svedang H ^a   Righton, D ^b   Jonsson, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cod; Data storage tag; DST; Light geolocation; Natal homing

Indexed keywords

GADOID; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SPAWNING; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULLMAR FJORD; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKAGERRAK; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 35348904917     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07140     Document Type: Article

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