Processes controlling retention of spring-spawned Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the western Gulf of Maine and their relationship to an index of recruitment success

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-46

  Churchill, James H ^a   Runge, Jeffrey ^b   Chen, Changsheng ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Coupled physical biological modeling; Gulf of Maine; Larval transport; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; COASTAL CURRENT; DOWNWELLING; EGG; GADOID; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PLANKTON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 78650068430     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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