Implications of fisheries-induced changes in stock structure and reproductive potential for stock recovery of a sex-dimorphic species, North Sea plaice

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1931-1938

  Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a   Van Damme, Cindy J G ^a   Witthames, Peter R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fecundity; fisheries induced evolution; maturation; reproductive potential; stock recovery; stock structure

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; BODY CONDITION; EGG PRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISHING MORTALITY; FLATFISH; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES;

EID: 78649349333     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq049     Document Type: Article

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