Liver energy, atresia and oocyte stage influence fecundity regulation in Northeast Arctic cod

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 173-183

  Skjæraasen, Jon Egil ^a   Nash, Richard D M ^b   Kennedy, James ^a,c   Thorsen, Anders ^b   Nilsen, Trygve ^a   Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Møreforskning Ålesund ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Atresia; Fecundity regulation; Gadus morhua; Liver energy; Size dependent spawning time

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOENERGETICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FECUNDITY; FISHING; GADOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE AT MATURITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BOREOGADUS; GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 77954109306     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08486     Document Type: Article

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