Juvenile cod (Gadus morhua) mortality and the importance of bottom sediment type to recruitment on Georges Bank

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-181

  Lough, R GREGORY ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Bottom sediment; Georges Bank; Juveniles; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE; DEMERSAL FISH; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GADOID; JUVENILE; MAGNITUDE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; RELIEF; SAND AND GRAVEL; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77954392287     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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