Distributional patterns of 0-group Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) in the eastern Bering Sea under variable recruitment and thermal conditions

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-174

  Hurst, Thomas P ^a   Moss, Jamal H ^b   Miller, Jessica A ^c  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Density dependence; Distribution; Habitat; Pacific cod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CAPTURE METHOD; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; FISHERY SURVEY; FOOD WEB; GADOID; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; GADUS MORHUA; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 84863120112     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss011     Document Type: Article

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