Persistence and Variation on the Groundfish Assemblages on Flemish Cap (NAFO Divisions 3M): 2004-2013

• Main Authors: Nogueira, A. (Adriana), Paz, X. (Xabier), González-Troncoso, D. (Diana)
• Other Authors: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Boa; Greenland; Hake; atlantic cod; Bathyraja spinicauda; Gadus morhua; golden redfish; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Sebastes marinus; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/2493

Data from the EU (Spain-Portugal) bottom trawl surveys in the Division 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area (2004-2013) were analyzed to examine patterns on this zone of groundfish assemblage structure and diversity in relation to depth. 1699 hauls between 129 and 1460 m in depth were carried out. We focu...