Reconstructing historical stock development of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the eastern Baltic Sea before the beginning of intensive exploitation

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2728-2741

  Eero, Margit ^a   Köster, Friedrich W ^a   MacKenzie, Brian R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EXPLOITATION; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID; RECONSTRUCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 58149102977     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-176     Document Type: Article

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