Contrasting coastal and shelf nursery habitats of Pacific cod in the southeastern Bering Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 515-527

  Hurst, Thomas P ^a   Cooper, Daniel W ^b   Duffy Anderson, Janet T ^b   Farley, Edward V ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; habitat; juvenile; nursery; pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; DEMERSAL FISH; EMBANKMENT; GADOID; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE;

BERING SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 84922541238     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu141     Document Type: Article

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