Differential egg mortality of georges bank cod and haddock inferred from two independent estimates of seasonal egg production

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2008, Pages 119-128

  Lough, R G ^a   O'Brien, L ^a   Buckley, L J ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Egg mortality; Georges bank; Haddock; Spawning pattern

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; EGG PRODUCTION; FISH; HATCHING; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MORTALITY; SPAWNING;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 67349208970     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v41.m625     Document Type: Article

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