Forage fish and the factors governing recovery of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the eastern Scotian Shelf

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 997-1001

  Swain, Douglas P ^a   Mohn, Robert K ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FORAGE; GADOID FISHERY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK COLLAPSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 84870184196     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-045     Document Type: Article

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