The Northeast Greenland shelf as a potential habitat for the Northeast Arctic cod

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Strand, Kjersti Opstad, Sundby, Svein, Albretsen, Jon, Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2017
• Subjects: Connectivity; pelagic juvenile; cross-shelf; spawning ground; nursery ground; forecast; northeast arctic cod; Recruitment; Arctic; Barents Sea; Greenland; Lofoten; Lofoten Basin; Norwegian Sea; Arctic cod; Gadus morhua; Northeast Arctic cod
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/17138; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00304

Observations (1978–1991) of distributions of pelagic juvenile Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.) show that up to 1/3 of the year class are dispersed off the continental shelf and into the deep Norwegian Sea while on the way from the spring-spawning areas along the Norwegian coast to the autumn-s...