Maternal and environmental gradients in the egg size of an iteroparous fish

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1777-1791

  Johnston, Thomas A ^a,b   Leggett, W C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Fish egg size; Growth; Latitude; Life history; Maternal effects; Productivity; Stizostedion vitreum; Temperature; Walleye

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL EFFECT;

PISCES; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0038225704     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1777:MAEGIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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