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  Cod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
Cod is a popular food fish with a mild flavor, low fat content, and a dense white flesh that flakes easily.
Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of Vitamin A, Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).
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 Encyclopedia: Arctic
Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies south of the Neuquén and Río Colorado rivers, and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S).
The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and Southeast Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives...
The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Anatolia (modern Turkey), Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria), and the Iranian Plateau (Iran).
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - Russia
On the east it is bordered by several arms of the Pacific Ocean, comprising, north to south: the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, and the seas of Okhotsk and Japan (East Sea).
It is bordered by the latter on the north and east, by Poland on the south, and the Baltic Sea on the west.
The Siberian tiger, the world’s largest tiger, is hunted both for its pelt and “medicinal” parts, and is now on the verge of extinction in the wild, with only about 150 animals thought to be left; the species is, however, considered safe from total extinction thanks to the world’s largest and longest captive breeding programme.
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 gadus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
Cod forms part of the common name of many other fish not now classified in the genus Gadus.
Some other related fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling, codlet or tomcod.
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 Read about Cod at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Cod and learn about Cod here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of
tomcod (note that "codling" is also used as a name for a young cod).
Australasian Red Rock Cod, which belongs to a different order (see below), and the fish known simply as the Rock cod in New Zealand, Lotella rhacina, which as noted above actually is related to the true cod (it is a Morid cod).
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 cod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cod forms part of the common name of many other fish not longer classified in the genus Gadus.
COD is also an abbreviation of chemical oxygen demand.
COD is also an acronym for cash on delivery.
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 East Siberian cod -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
East Siberian cod -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
It differs in appearance from the arctic cod by having pronounced chin barbel.
Their sides and back are dark olive and the belly are light grey with dark spots.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/east_siberian_cod.htm   (127 words)

  
 de Kabeljau Cod Atlantic cod Gadus morhua Atlantic...
Greenland cod Greenland cod "Gadus ogac" All these species have a profusion of common name common names, most of them including the word "cod".
Two exceptions are the Australasia Australasian Red Rock Cod, which belongs to a different order (see below), and the fish known simply as the Rock cod in New Zealand, "Lotella rhacina", which as noted above actually is related to the true cod (it is a Morid cod).
Red Rock Cod Red Rock Cod "Scorpaena papillosa" =Order Ophidiiformes Ophidiiformes:= The Tadpole cod family, Ranicipitidae Ranicipitidae, and the Eucla Cod Eucla Cod family, Euclichthyidae Euclichthyidae, were formerly classified in this order, but are now grouped with the Gadiformes Gadiformes.
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 Cod - Definition up Erdmond.Com
''Atlantic cod - Gadus morhua'' Scientific_classification ia Genus:''Gadus'' Species ''Gadus morhua'Gadus macrocephalus'Gadus ogac'' Cod is the common name for the genus ''Gadus'' of fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
Many of these are members of the family Gadidae, and several were formerly classified in genus ''Gadus''; others are members of three related families whose names include the word "cod", the Morid_cods, Moridae (100 or so species), the Eel_cods, Muraenolepididae (4 species), the Eucla_cod (Euclichthyidae) (1 species).
The Tadpole cod family, Ranicipitidae, and the Eucla_Cod family, Euclichthyidae, were formerly classified in this order, but are now grouped with the Gadiformes.
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 The Fish List
East Gulf of Alaska (Yakutat Bay) to Bahia de Sebastian Vizcaino, central Baja California.
East central Honshu, Japan and Bering Sea (south of St. Lawrence I.) and Aleutian Is. to Islas San Benito, central Baja California.
Western and eastern Bering Sea north and east to Maine, Greenland and Norway; along Aleutian Is. to Agattu I. 0-240 m (0-792 ft), possibly to 825 m (2,723 ft).
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 Cod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gadus morhua Gadus macrocephalus Gadus ogac Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
Gadus ogac Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
---- COD is an abbreviation of Cause Of Death COD is also an abbreviation of chemical oxygen demand.
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 Cod articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family (biology)family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of Vitamin A, Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic acidEPA and docosahexaenoic acidDHA).
- MC COD Adam Longo, Tasmanian gamer Some other related fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling, codlet or tomcod (note that "codling" is also used as a name for a young cod).
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> cod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Gadus ogac {{Taxobox_end}} This article is about codfish; for other meanings, see COD.
Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The waters of the East Siberian Sea to the west and the Sea of Chukchi to the southeast of Wrangel Island are classified as a separate chemical oceanographic region.
On Wrangel Island the distribution of bears and birthing lairs is generally south of the northern edge of the Unnamed and Northern Mountain ranges and on the east and west coasts.
Moulting areas are concentrated in the Academy Tundra region in the north of the island, stretching from the Bear River, east towards Dublliskogo Bay.
sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/wrange_island.htm   (4456 words)

  
 The Braden Files : White Nights in the High Desert
East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea and Lincoln Sea.
To the east of Iceland, what is left of the Gulf Stream is warm and flows north almost to the Pole where it is finally defeated by the Lomonossov Ridge.
Yar tells us that this is the result of a Siberian dust storm that blew all the dirt north and deposited it on the ice.
braden.weblogger.com /paraHunt/WhiteNightsHighDesert   (4122 words)

  
 Russian Federation profile
The most important zones are the Western Bering Sea, the East Kamchatkan zone, the Sea of Okhotsk zone, the North Kuril zone, the South Kuril zone, the Sea of Japan zone, the Barents Sea zone and the Caspian Sea zone.
The result of a survey in Sakhalin, one of the most important maritime regions of Russia, indicate that supply of fish and seafood in such regions may be as high as 30 kg/year (Spiridonov, 2003).
Russia imports cod, pollock, farmed Norwegian salmon, Atlantic herring, capelin, mackerel, sprat and poutassou from Norway, Iceland, UK and Baltic countries, and shrimps and other seafood from Norway and Denmark (Travkin, 2001).
www.fao.org /fi/fcp/en/RUS/profile.htm   (3899 words)

  
 Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Region Overview
Sibneft also said the geological structure of the East Siberian Sea and Chukotka Sea basins is similar to that of Alaska's North Slope.
Located on the Chukotka peninsula and on the adjoining part of the mainland, Chukotka region is washed by the Arctic Ocean (the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea) and by the Pacific Ocean (the White Sea and the Okhotsk Sea).
Moreover, to north from Chukotka, on shelf Chukotka and East - Siberian seas the so-called upheavals Dzheralda and Vrangelya are located, and are farther in depth Northern Ledovi (glacial) Ocean - Severo - Chukotka basin.
www.lngplants.com /ChukotkaHomePage.htm   (9439 words)

  
 Arctic: Observations and predictions of Arctic climatic change: potential effects on marine mammals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The mean annual drift of the pack ice consists of a clockwise (anticyclonic) circulation in the Beaufort Sea of the Canadian Basin, often referred to as the "Beaufort Gyre," and the Transpolar Drift Stream.
Increased cyclone activity north of Siberia places the East Siberian Sea in the warm sector of the cyclones, contributing to recent ice reductions.
Since it is the sea level pressure distribution and resultant winds that are largely responsible for the movement of sea ice, any significant changes in sea level pressure are expected to affect not only the distribution of arctic ice, but the export of ice through Fram Strait and effects on subpolar seas as well.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_199712/ai_n8775344   (3842 words)

  
 SEARCH Science Plan 9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The collapse of Newfoundland’s Northern Cod fishery in 1991—92 occurred in conjunction with unusual ice conditions and a broadening of the cold intermediate layer of the Labrador Current, during a Northwest Atlantic cooling phase of the NAO.
The shift of Siberian runoff to the east may also be in part responsible for the freshening of the upper layers of the Beaufort Sea (McPhee et al, 1998; Macdonald, 1999).
We know some fisheries (pollock in the west and cod in the east) and the ecosystems upon which they are based have changed dramatically during the time of the recent Onami.
psc.apl.washington.edu /search/search_plan/Science_Plan_9.html   (19722 words)

  
 Pacific Sleeper Sharks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus) range from the Chukchi Sea, East Siberian and Beaufort seas, to the Bering Sea and in the Pacific Ocean to Baja California and off Japan including the Okhotsk Sea.
Some fishermen report loses of 20-30% of her halibut catch to the sharks and often catch as many as 20-30 on one skate of gear in a 24-36 hour period.
Below are halibut and cod that were caught on commercial longline fishing gear then attacked, bitten, and eaten by sleeper sharks.
www.conservationinstitute.org /sleepershark.htm   (998 words)

  
 Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD): Project Descriptions: Census of Marine Life Portal
The amphipods are important as the major prey for the Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida), which in turn acts as the major link to seals, birds and whales.
While previous studies provided a glimpse of the seasonal and regional abundances of ice-associated biota, biodiversity in these communities is virtually unknown for most groups, from bacteria to metazoans.
The deep basins remain even more mysterious due to the logistic challenges of penetrating their year-round ice cover, and the much greater effort required to properly sample to several kilometers of depth.
www.coml.org /descrip/aobio.htm   (1364 words)

  
 World review of interactions between marine mammals and fisheries
The distribution is from near the Cape of Good Hope around the East African coast to the Red Sea, through the Indonesian archipelago, to Australia, Sydney on the east and Carnarvon on the west, and up to the Canton River in China (Mitchell 1975).
Occurring from southern Greenland and the North Sea to Rio de la Plata in Argentina and southern African seas in the Atlantic; from the Bering Sea and Siberian waters to California and to New Zealand in the Pacific (Hershkovitz 1966).
Both the East and West Atlantic stocks are thought to be increasing at present after severe reduction last century (Bonner 1979d), whilst the Baltic stock is decreasing and at present may number no more than 3 – 5 000 (Stenman 1978).
www.fao.org /docrep/003/x6860e/X6860E02.htm   (15903 words)

  
 Siberian Tiger Presentation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Dale Miquelle, the regional coordinator for the Siberian Tiger Project, will present a program on his work with tigers in the Russian Far East at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Route 6A, Brewster, on Thursday, June 30, at 7:30 pm.
    This American wildlife biologist, who is based in Vladivostok, is visiting family on Cape Cod this summer, which gave the Museum this special opportunity to have him share his important work with residents and tourists.
            The Siberian Tiger Project, which is co-directed by the Hornocker Wildlife Institute and the Wildlife Conservation Society, deals with the ecology and conservation of these tigers.
www.ccmnh.org /pressreleases/PR_siberiantiger.htm   (189 words)

  
 Climate Change and Arctic Sea Ice
The sea ice is also used as an important transportation route by caribou and muskox and a traditional hunting ground for the Inuit, that remarkable indigenous culture of the far north.
Almost all of this reduction occurred in the East Siberian Sea, with lesser reductions occurring in the adjacent Chukchi and Laptev seas.
This Russian island, which marks the boundary between the East Siberian and Chukchi seas, is the largest polar bear denning area in the world.
archive.greenpeace.org /climate/arctic99/reports/seaice3.html   (4551 words)

  
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PARAGRAPH_XXO The New Siberian islands are located on the continental shelf presenting fragments of an extensive plain that existed during the period of the last (Sartanian) cooling.
The sea level at that time was 100-120 m as low as the modern one, which determined the coastline location of 700-1000 km to the north compared to the current one.
PARAGRAPH_XXO During the warming periods of the end of the Late Pleistocene (Raunis, Bolling and Allerod climatic stages) the area of the New Siberian Islands still presented one continental land, which is indicated by dating of the mammoth tusk from Bennetta Island (12.5 kyr BP).
www.colorado.edu /INSTAAR/ArcticWS/data/pp.txt   (16773 words)

  
 ISIP Information: Sakhalin Fishes
Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin), Siberian lamprey, shiberia-yatsume (freshwater): Hokkaido, Iturup, Kunashir southern Sakhalin (Berg, 1948; Schmidt, 1950; Iwata, 1990a; Nikoforov et al.
Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas), East Siberian charr, ame-masu, kundscha (anadromous, freshwater): everywhere, including Hokkaido, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands (Paramushir, Urup, Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, Tanfilyeva), and Kamchatka (Taranetz, 1937; Berg, 1948; Schmidt, 1950; Lindberg and Legeza, 1965; Nikoforov et al.
PINCHUK, V. Phenetic and phyletic interrelationships among the small-mouthed gobies of the Far East genera Chaenogobius and Rhodoniichthys (Perciformes, Gobiidae).
artedi.fish.washington.edu /okhotskia/isip/Info/fishes.htm   (2570 words)

  
 The Bowhead Whale: Literature Cited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A discussion of problems of the fishing and whaling industries in the North Atlantic which are mainly connected with the distribution and habits of the species of fish and whales of economic importance that are found along the slope of the continental shelf.
Chapter 1 is on the area west of Greenland, chapter 2 is on the area east of Greenland, and chapter 3 is a discussion of general conclusions which follow from a comparison of the two areas.
Describes the Siberian Eskimos of the Chukotski Peninsula from Bering Strait on the north to Zaliv Kresta [Cross Bay] on the west, as well as on Wrangell Island, with a listing of the most prominent settlements.
nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /CetaceanAssessment/bowhead/BowheadBib2.htm   (15433 words)

  
 Russian Visiting Scholars Program - The Woods Hole Research Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Igor is from Russia's southeast Siberian region of Buryatia (on the Mongolian border).
He holds a doctorate of Geography from the East Siberian University of Technology in Ulan Ude.
He thesis investigation was on Siberian tiger genetics (using tiger scat) and from this he learned that the population of tigers in his region of Primorsky Russia all stem from the same pair of tigers.
www.whrc.org /russia/our_work/current_projects/visiting_scholars.htm   (2564 words)

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