Identifying eastern Baltic cod nursery grounds using hydrodynamic modelling: Knowledge for the design of marine protected areas

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Hinrichsen, Hans Harald ^a   Kraus, Gerd ^b   Böttcher, Uwe ^d   Köster, Fritz ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Institute for Baltic Sea Fisheries   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern baltic cod; Gadoid settlement; Larval transport; Nursery areas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FISHING EFFORT; GADOID FISHERY; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RESERVE DESIGN; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; GADIFORMES; GADUS CALLARIAS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 58549091083     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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