Interannual variations in the liver condition index of cod as an indicator of temperature and feeding conditions in the Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Yaragina, Natalia A., Marshall, C. Tara
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2001
• Subjects: cod; torsk; fish physiology; fiskefysiologi; temperature; temperatur; food supply; mattilgang; Barents Sea; Barentshavet; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923; Arctic; Karlsen; Arctic cod; Barentshav*; Northeast Arctic cod
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/106217

Background: Northeast Arctic cod, inhabiting the edge of the species area, experience variable environmental conditions and feeding resources, one of the main of them is capelin. Lipids are an important biochemical link between capelin and cod. Lipids constitute approximately 10-15% of the total wet...