Fecundity and growth of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) along a latitudinal gradient

Fisheries Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Thorsen, Anders ^a   Witthames, Peter R ^b   Marteinsdóttir, Gudrun ^c   Nash, Richard D M ^a   Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Atresia; Cod; Fecundity; Maturation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77953289444     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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