Evidence from survey data for regional variability in cod dynamics in the North Sea and West of Scotland

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-215

  Holmes, Steven J ^a   Wright, Peter J ^a   Fryer, Robert J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cod; Metapopulation; Recruitment; Smoothers; SSB; Survey indices

Indexed keywords

GADOID; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SMOOTHING; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUBPOPULATION; SURVEY; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 44649176441     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm192     Document Type: Article

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