Phenotype flexibility in wild fish: Dolly Varden regulate assimilative capacity to capitalize on annual pulsed subsidies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 966-975

  Armstrong, Jonathan B ^a   Bond, Morgan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Bioenergetics; Digestive capacity; Foraging; Freshwater; Physiological ecology; Streams and rivers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISH; FITNESS; FOOD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALMONID; SPAWNING; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALVELINUS MALMA;

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BIOENERGY; DIET; DIGESTIVE CAPACITY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; EGG; ENERGY METABOLISM; FORAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SALMON; STREAMS AND RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TROUT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY; BIOENERGETICS; DIGESTIVE CAPACITY; FORAGING; FRESHWATER; PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; STREAMS AND RIVERS;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EGGS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIVER; PHENOTYPE; RIVERS; SALMON; TEMPERATURE; TROUT;

EID: 84881557960     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12066     Document Type: Article

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