Comparison of the response of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the high-latitude regions of the North Atlantic during the warm periods of the 1920s-1960s and the 1990s-2000s

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 2087-2096

  Drinkwater, Ken ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Climate change; Ecosystem scenarios; Fishing; Growth; Production

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ATLANTIC COD; BARENTS SEA; FISHING; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROWTH; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; ICELANDICS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN REGIONS; TOTAL BIOMASS; WEST GREENLAND;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; FISHERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FISH BIOLOGY; FISHING; GROWTH RATE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING POPULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BOREOGADUS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 70349294179     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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