-Spawning migration:
–Georges Bank: Short spawning migration
–Barents Sea: Very long spawning migration
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• Central recruitment hypothesis:
–Barents Sea: Match-mismatch
–Georges Bank: Larval loss
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–Temperature-recruitment relations:
–Georges Bank: No clear temperature-recruitment relation
–Barents Sea: Srong temperature-recruitment relationships
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–Dominant prey for larvae and early juveniles
–- Georges Bank: Pseudo/Paracalanus spp.
–Barents Sea: Calanus finmarchicus
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–Light, climate, spawning and larval growth:
-Georges Bank: Extended spawning period in winter/spring
-Barents Sea: Compressed spawning around equinox and rapid larval and juvenile growth thereafter
Major differences between early life history of GB and BS cod