Predicted extirpation of the dominant demersal fish in a large marine ecosystem: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2315-2319

  Swain, Douglas P ^a   Chouinard, Ghislain A ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEMERSAL FISH; DOMINANCE; GADOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDICTION; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 56249125642     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-175     Document Type: Article

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