Survival against the odds: Ontogenetic changes in selective pressure mediate growth-mortality trade-offs in a marine fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1618, 2007, Pages 1575-1582

  Gagliano, Monica ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carry over effects; Compensatory growth; Coral reef fishes; Growth mortality hypothesis; Maternal effects; Phenotypic selection

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY RISK; ONTOGENY; PATERNAL EFFECT; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OTOLITH; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SURVIVAL;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS;

EID: 34447312452     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0242     Document Type: Article

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