Publication Abstract

Cod and climate: the spatial and temporal context

R.R. Dickson, K.R. Briffa and T.J. Osborn

This article attempts to establish a spatial and temporal context for present cod (Gadus morhua) and climate studies, with special reference to the West Greenland stock. After establishing the chronology of the three main cod periods of record on the West Greenland Banks, we investigate whether stock size during the cod periods of the 19th century were controlled by similar mechanisms to those which appear to have acted during the third great cod period of the mid-20th century; we further investigate whether the key environmental changes were the product of local, regional or global climate change.

Reference:

R.R. Dickson, K.R. Briffa and T.J. Osborn, 1994. Cod and climate: the spatial and temporal context. ICES Marine Science Symposium: 198:280-286.