Variation in intrinsic individual growth rate among populations of leatherside chub (Snyderichthys copei Jordan & Gilbert): Adaptation to temperature or length of growing season?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-184

  Belk, Mark C ^a   Johnson, J B ^a   Wilson, K W ^b   Smith, M E ^c   Houston, D D ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size variation; Ectotherm; Indeterminate growth; Temperature specific growth

Indexed keywords

GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; REACTION NORM; TEMPERATURE;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; SNYDERICHTHYS; SNYDERICHTHYS COPEI;

EID: 19344366519     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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