Productivity dynamics of atlantic cod

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-216

  Minto, Cóilín ^a   Mills Flemming, Joanna ^b   Britten, Gregory Lee ^b   Worm, Boris ^b  

^a Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GADOID; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84893490893     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0161     Document Type: Article

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