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Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (Gadiformes: Gadidae) from the Gulf of Ura: Morphobiological characteristic

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Analysis of variation of biological and morphometric characteristics of cod Gadus morhua from the Gulf of Ura-a water area in the composition of Motovskii Bay of the Barents Sea was performed. The material was collected from 1999 to 2006 during spawning of the Atlantic cod. Parameters such as length, weight, sex composition, maturity stage, age, otolith structure, and variation of plastic characters were analyzed. It was shown that the Gulf of Ura, parallel to individuals of junior age groups, is inhabited by cod in the spawning state aged 5–6 months and older with coastal and Atlantic types of otolith.

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  1. Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. N. Stroganov & G. G. Novikov

  2. Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, PINRO, ul. Knipovicha 6, Murmansk, 183050, Russia

    N. A. Lepesevich & M. S. Shevelev

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Stroganov, N.A. Lepesevich, M.S. Shevelev, G.G. Novikov, 2010, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 184–190.

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Stroganov, A.N., Lepesevich, N.A., Shevelev, M.S. et al. Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (Gadiformes: Gadidae) from the Gulf of Ura: Morphobiological characteristic. J. Ichthyol. 50, 252–258 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945210030057

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