The timing of cod spawning on the Scotian Shelf
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We used results from the Scotian Shelf Ichtyoplankton Programme
to describe the spatial and temporal distributions of
cod eggs and larvae off the coast of Nova Scotia. Summer spawning
is restricted to the waters along the Laurentian Channel.
Eggs and/or larvae are found in the spring in all areas where
spawning activities are detected. Late fall - early winter
spawning takes place over several banks and along the southern
coast of Nova Scotia. A match between the seasonal blooms and
the time of spawning does not appear to be essential, although
it might exist in the spring. Larval drift from spawning
grounds to nursery grounds is apparently rare on the Scotlan
Shelf. These findings are discussed with reference to the
match-mismatch hypothesis of Cushing.
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Flødevigen rapportserie1, 1984