Stable oxygen isotope reconstruction of ambient temperature during the collapse of a cod (Gadus morhua) fishery

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1500-1514

  Jones, J Brin ^a   Campana, Steven E ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Atlantic cod; Back calculated length at age; Eastern Scotian Shelf; Gadus morhua; Growth; Stable oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GADOID FISHERY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOVEMENT; OTOLITH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOCK COLLAPSE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CANADA; COLD; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FISHERIES; GADUS MORHUA; NOVA SCOTIA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 69549115188     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2002.1     Document Type: Article

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