Mechanisms regulating oocyte recruitment and skipped spawning in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1582-1596

  Skjæraasen, Jon Egil ^a   Kennedy, James ^a,b   Thorsen, Anders ^c   Fonn, Merete ^c   Strand, Bente Njøs ^c   Mayer, Ian ^a,d   Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Møreforskning Ålesund ^*  (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GADOID; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

BOREOGADUS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 70349625397     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-102     Document Type: Article

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