Local environment affecting northern shrimp recruitment: a comparative study of Gulf of St. Lawrence stocks

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Brosset, Pablo, Bourdages, Hugo, Blais, Marjolaine, Scarratt, Michael, Plourde, Stéphane
• Other Authors: Anderson, Emory
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2018
• Subjects: Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Sept Iles; northern shrimp; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy185; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/76/4/974/31238896/fsy185.pdf

Abstract Climate and density-dependent effects are important drivers of recruitment (R). In the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL), recent years indicated an exceptional warming of water associated with variations in plankton phenology and fish abundance. At the same time, northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis...