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Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Année : 2011

Spawning stock recruitment in North Sea cod being shaped by food and climate

O. E. Olsen
  • Fonction : Auteur
G. Ottersen
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M. Liope
  • Fonction : Auteur
K. S. Chen
  • Fonction : Auteur
Gregory Beaugrand
N. C. Stenseth
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

In order to provide better fisheries management and conservation decisions, there is a need to discern the underlying relationship between the spawning stock and recruitment of marine fishes, a relationship which is influenced by the environmental conditions. Here, we demonstrate how the environmental conditions (temperature and the food availability for fish larvae) influence the stock-recruitment relationship and indeed what kind of stock-recruitment relationship we might see under different environmental conditions. Using unique zooplankton data from the Continuous Plankton Recorder, we find that food availability (i.e. zooplankton) in essence determines which model applies for the once large North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) stock. Further, we show that recruitment is strengthened during cold years and weakened during warm years. Our combined model explained 45 per cent of the total variance in cod recruitment, while the traditional Ricker and Beverton-Holt models only explained about 10 per cent. Specifically, our approach predicts that a full recovery of the North Sea cod stock might not be expected until the environment becomes more favourable.

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Océanographie

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hal-00759201 , version 1 (30-11-2012)

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O. E. Olsen, G. Ottersen, M. Liope, K. S. Chen, Gregory Beaugrand, et al.. Spawning stock recruitment in North Sea cod being shaped by food and climate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 2011, pp.504-510. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2010.1465⟩. ⟨hal-00759201⟩
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