Degraded recruitment synchrony in Northwest Atlantic cod stocks

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 393, Issue , 2009, Pages 131-146

  Kelly, Jennifer E ^a   Frank, Kenneth T ^b   Leggett, William C ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Decorrelation; Depensation; Dispersal; Population dynamics; Recruitment synchrony; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; DISPERSAL; GADOID FISHERY; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; SYNCHRONY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 70450189116     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08241     Document Type: Article

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