Variability of northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) distribution on the main spawning grounds in relation to biophysical factors

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Höffle, H., Solemdal, P., Korsbrekke, K., Johannessen, M., Bakkeplass, K., Kjesbu, O. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2014
• Subjects: Original Articles; Arctic; Lofoten; Norway; Yttersida; Arctic cod; Gadus morhua; Northeast Arctic cod; Northern Norway; Vestfjorden
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/71/6/1317; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu126

Early life stages may on average gain a survival benefit from the regular return of parent fish to the same spawning grounds. Such areas may have a considerable spatial extent, occupation of which varies between spawning seasons. Northeast Arctic cod ( Gadus morhua ) is an ideal candidate to pinpoin...