A 4500-year time series of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) size and abundance: Archaeology, oceanic regime shifts, and sustainable fisheries

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-394

  Maschner, Herbert D G ^a   Betts, Matthew W ^b   Reedy Maschner, Katherine L ^a   Trites, Andrew W ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ontario History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Chair of the Canadian Nursing History Collection Working Group   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 55049126183     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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