Regional growth estimates of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua: Applications of the maximum likelihood GROTAG model to tagging data in the Gulf of Maine (USA/Canada) region

Fisheries Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-150

  Tallack, Shelly M L ^a  

^a GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; GROTAG; Growth; Gulf of Maine; Tagging

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 67650632763     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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