A comparison of recent changes in distribution of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Barents Sea, around Iceland and in the Northwest Atlantic

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-83

  Carscadden, James E ^a   Gjøsæter, Harald ^b   Vilhjálmsson, Hjálmar ^c  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BARENTS SEA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; IMPACT OF TEMPERATURES; MIGRATION PATTERNS; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; RELATIVE IMPACT; SPAWNINGS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ABUNDANCE; FEEDING GROUND; GLOBAL WARMING; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); BARENTS SEA; CANADA; ICELAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 84879253799     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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