Embryonic critical windows: changes in incubation temperature alter survival, hatchling phenotype, and cost of development in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 315-331

  Mueller, Casey A ^a   Eme, John ^a   Manzon, Richard G ^b   Somers, Christopher M ^b   Boreham, Douglas R ^a,c,d   Wilson, Joanna Y ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Support Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of development; Critical window; Embryonic fish; Growth; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; EGG YOLK; EMBRYOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; EGG YOLK; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; SALMONIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925481973     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0886-8     Document Type: Article

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