Offspring size effects vary over fine spatio-temporal scales in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-12

  Robertsen, Grethe ^a,c   Skoglund, Helge ^b   Einum, Sigurd ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; EMERGENCE; EROSION; GENETIC VARIATION; INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SEASON; SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84874014326     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0152     Document Type: Article

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