Variation in abundance, diet, otolith zone patterns and black spot disease (Cryptocotyle lingua) of 0-group coastal cod (Gadus morhua L.) in northern Norway

• Main Author: Sandneseng, Elida
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2006
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; coastal cod; otolith zone patterns; Cryptocotyle lingua; Norway; Jøvik; Njosken; Gadus morhua; Northern Norway; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/430

Knowledge of the early life-history and habitat requirements of coastal cod is very sparse. Young of the year cod juveniles from three different locations in northern Norway were collected monthly from August to November 2005 using beach seine. Diet analyses based on stomach contents showed that 0-g...