Prehistoric versus modern Baltic Sea cod fisheries: Selectivity across the millennia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1652, 2008, Pages 2659-2665

  Limburg, Karin E ^a   Walther, Yvonne ^b   Hong, Bongghi ^a   Olson, Carina ^c   Storå, Jan ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Swedish Fisheries Board   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea cod; Fishery selection; Neolithic fishery; Otoliths

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CATCH COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NEOLITHIC; OTOLITH; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREHISTORIC; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BALTIC SEA; DEMOGRAPHY; FISHERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 54249157839     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0711     Document Type: Article

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