Here are some cod settlement references provided by Mark Tupper

Lough, R.G., Valentine, P.C., Potter, D.C., Auditore, P.J., Bolz, G.Z., Neilson, J., and R.I. Perry. 1989. Ecology and distribution of juvenile cod and haddock in relation to sediment type and bottom currents on Georges Bank. Marine Ecology Progress Series 56: 1-12.

Tupper, M. and R.G. Boutilier. 1992. Recruitment and growth of juvenile Atlantic cod in St. Margarets' Bay, Nova Scotia. Canadian Technical Reports of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1890: 89-90.

Gotceitas, V. and J.A. Brown. 1993. Substrate selection by juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): effects of predation risk. Oecologia 93: 31-37.

Gotceitas, V., Fraser, S. and J.A. Brown. 1995. Habitat use by juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the presence of an actively foraging and non-foraging predator. Marine Biology 123: 421-430.

Tupper, M. and R.G. Boutilier. 1995. Size and priority affect growth and competitive success of newly settled Atlantic cod. Marine Ecology Progress Series 118: 295-300.

Tupper, M. and R.G. Boutilier. 1995. Effects of habitat on settlement, growth and post-settlement survival of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 1834-1841.

Gotceitas, V., Fraser, S. and J.A. Brown. 1997. Use of eelgrass beds (Zostera marina) by juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1306-1319.

Gregory, R.S., Anderson, J.T., and E.L. Dalley. 1997. Distribution of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) relative to available habitat in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. NAFO Scientific Council Studies 29: 3-12.

Gerstner, C.L. 1998. Use of substratum ripples for flow refuging by Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Environmental Biology of Fishes 51: 455-460.

Lindholm, J.B., Auster, P.J., and L.S. Kaufman. 1999. Habitat-mediated survivorship of juvenile (0-year) Atlantic cod Gadus morhua. Marine Ecology Progress Series 180: 247-255.

Lindholm, J.B., Auster, P.J., Ruth, M. and L.S. Kaufman. 2001. Modeling the effects of fishing and implications for the design of marine protected areas: juvenile fish responses to variations in seafloor habitat. Conservation Biology 15: 424-437.