Increased environmentally driven recruitment variability decreases resilience to fishing and increases uncertainty of recovery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1507-1514

  Kuparinen, Anna ^a   Keith, David M ^b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density independent variation; Environmental variation; Gadus morhua; Juvenile production; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; FOOD SUPPLY; GADOID; JUVENILE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84925441381     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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