Threshold-dependent climate effects and high mortality limit recruitment and recovery of the kattegat cod

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 490, Issue , 2013, Pages 223-232

  Lindegren, Martin ^a,b   Eero, Margit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate; Cod; Kattegat; Management; Modelling; Recovery; Recruitment; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPAWNING; STOCK COLLAPSE;

KATTEGAT;

EID: 84884511977     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10437     Document Type: Article

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