Long-term changes in life history characteristics and reproductive potential of northern Gulf of St. Lawrence cod (Gadus morhua) and consequences for the stock productivity

Fisheries Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-13

  Lambert, Yvan ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Natural mortality; Reproductive potential; Stock productivity; Total egg production

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84871743474     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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