Settlement length and temporal settlement patterns of juvenile cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in a northern North Sea coastal nursery area

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2101-2113

  Bastrikin, Dorota K ^a,c   Gallego, Alejandro ^a   Millar, Colin P ^a   Priede, Imants G ^b   Jones, Emma G ^a,d  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Broadfold House   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

0 group cod; 0 group haddock; 0 group whiting; settlement length

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GADOID; JUVENILE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 84911118947     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu029     Document Type: Article

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