Seasonal spawning and wind-regulated retention-dispersal of early life stage Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in a Newfoundland fjord

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 397-411

  Knickle, D Craig ^a   Rose, George A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal spawning; Cod; Early life history; Egg retention

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING SITE; FJORD; GADOID; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PYCNOCLINE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; CANADA; NARES STRAIT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SMITH SOUND; TRINITY BAY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77955255763     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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