Reversal of evolutionary downsizing caused by selective harvest of large fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 2015-2020

  Conover, David O ^a   Munch, Stephan B ^a   Arnott, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemporary evolution; Fisheries management; Fishery induced evolution; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; MENIDIA MENIDIA;

EID: 66149179271     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0003     Document Type: Article

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