Temporal and spatial variation in reproductive investment of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in the northern North Sea and Scottish west coast

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 237-248

  Yoneda, Michio ^a,b   Wright, Peter J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cod; Fecundity; Life history traits; Maturity; North Sea; Nutritional status; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FECUNDITY; GADOID; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GADIFORMES; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444229620     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps276237     Document Type: Article

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