Growth, temperature, and density relationships of North Sea cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-470

  Rindorf, Anna ^a,b   Jensen, Henrik ^a   Schrum, Corinna ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; DEMERSAL FISH; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISHING; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 40849097541     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-150     Document Type: Article

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