Growth compensation in juvenile Atlantic salmon: Responses to depressed temperature and food availability

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2385-2400

  Nicieza, Alfredo G ^a,b   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Body size; Compensatory growth; Developmental plasticity; Energy allocation; Feeding activity; Life history; Salmo salar; Starvation; Temperature manipulations; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031403976     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2385:GCIJAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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