Dispersal and growth of pelagic juvenile Arcto--Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua), inferred from otolith microstructure and water temperature

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Suthers, Iain M., Sundby, Svein
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1993
• Subjects: Articles; Barents Sea; Lofoten; Norway; Tromsøflaket; Gadus morhua; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/3/261; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1993.1028

Dispersal of pelagic juvenile cod ( Gadus morhua ) off northern Norway from the main Lofoten spawning grounds to the western Barents Sea is regulated by the north-easterly circulation of the Norwegian coastal current (NCC). In July 1988 the smallest cod occurred within the spawning area (25.2 mm sta...