Fine-scale diel and gender-based patterns in behaviour of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on a spawning ground in the Western Gulf of Maine

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1474-1489

  Dean, Micah J ^a   Hoffman, William S ^a   Zemeckis, Douglas R ^b   Armstrong, Michael P ^a  

^a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Gulf of Maine; Spawning behaviour; VEMCO VPS

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; DIEL MIGRATION; GADOID; LABORATORY METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND; TELEMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84911449417     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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