Collaborative Research: Origins of Cods on Georges Bank: Contributions of Early Developmental Stages for the Scotian Shelf

• Main Authors: Townsend, David W., Kornfield, Irv, Kling, Linda
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2003
• Subjects: Ichthyoplankton; Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Physical oceanography; Marine Biology; Oceanography; Lawrence River; atlantic cod
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/orsp_reports/91; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=orsp_reports

Recent work in the Georges Bank-Gulf of Maine area has documented significant, and apparently episodic, fluxes of Scotian Shelf Water (SSW) from the Nova Scotian continental shelf to Georges Bank. SSW is a relatively cold and fresh water mass with a significant component from the St. Lawrence River,...