Pronounced long-term juvenation in the spawning stock of Arcto-Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua) and possible consequences for recruitment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-534

  Ottersen, Geir ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOITATION; GADOID; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 40849102463     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-185     Document Type: Article

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