Long-term trend in the maturation reaction norm of two cod stocks

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1257-1271

  Barot, S ^a,d   Heino, M ^b,d   O'Brien, L ^c   Dieckmann, U ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cod; Fish stocks, management strategies; Fisheries; Gadus morhua; Georges Bank cod stock; Gulf of Maine cod stock; Life history evolution; Logistic regression; Maturation reaction norm; Maturity ogive; Phenotypic plasticity; Sustainability of cod fisheries

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GADOID; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIZE AT MATURITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE;

GADIFORMES; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444239951     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5066     Document Type: Article

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