Acoustic monitoring of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Massachusetts Bay: Implications for management and conservation

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 628-635

  Hernandez, Keith M ^a,b,g   Risch, Denise ^a,b   Cholewiak, Danielle M ^a,b   Dean, Micah J ^c   Hatch, Leila T ^d   Hoffman, William S ^c   Rice, Aaron N ^e   Zemeckis, Douglas ^f   Van Parijs, Sofie M ^b  

^a Integrated Statistics   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Gulf of Maine; passive acoustic monitoring; spawning behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COURTSHIP; DATA SET; GADOID; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; SPAWNING;

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

GADUS MORHUA; HAEMULIDAE;

EID: 84876366626     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst003     Document Type: Article

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