The relation of the spatial distribution of early juvenile cod (Gadus morhua L.) in the Barents Sea to zooplankton density and water flux during the period 1978-1984

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Helle, K., Pennington, M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1999
• Subjects: Articles; Barents Sea; Norway; Bear Island; Fugløya; Fugløy*; Gadus morhua; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/56/1/15; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1998.0427

Arcto-Norwegian cod spawn along the coast off mid and northern Norway in March and April. The eggs and larvae are carried north by the currents and a large proportion of the early juveniles drift into the Barents Sea. Surveys of the early juvenile cod and zooplankton populations were conducted in la...