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Roles of density-dependent growth and life history evolution in accounting for fisheries-induced trait changes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Dec 2016
Eikeset Anne Maria, Dunlop Erin S, Heino Mikko, Storvik Geir, Stenseth Nils C, Dieckmann Ulf
Abstract excerpt
The relative roles of density dependence and life history evolution in contributing to rapid fisheries-induced trait changes remain debated. In the 1930s, northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua), currently the world's largest cod stock, experienced a shift from a traditional spawning-ground fishery to an industrial trawl fishery with elevated exploitation in the stock's feeding grounds. Since then, age and length at...
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