Latitudinal variation in growth among Arctic charr in eastern North America: Evidence for countergradient variation?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 650, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-177

  Chavarie, Louise ^a   Dempson, J Brian ^b   Schwarz, C J ^c   Reist, J D ^d   Power, G ^e   Power, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic charr; Climate; Countergradient variation; Growth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DATA; COUNTERGRADIENT; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; GROWTH SEASON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; MORPHOTYPES; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

GROWTH RATE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPENSATION; FISHERY MODELING; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MORPHOTYPE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE SIZE; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 77953963424     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0043-z     Document Type: Article

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