Hydroacoustic resolution of small-scale vertical distribution in Baltic cod Gadus morhua - Habitat choice and limits during spawning

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 377, Issue , 2009, Pages 239-253

  Schaber, Matthias ^a   Hinrichsen, Hans Harald ^a   Neuenfeldt, Stefan ^b   Voss, Rüdiger ^c  

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

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cod; Environmental parameters; Hydroacoustic tracking; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CLINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GADOID; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS CALLARIAS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 62149136591     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07822     Document Type: Article

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