A statistical framework to explore ontogenetic Growth variation among individuals and populations: A marine fish example

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-115

  Morrongiello, John R ^a   Thresher, Ronald E ^a   Hobbs, N T ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Climate change response functions; Dendrochronology; Density dependence; Fishery induced evolution; Food web; Mixed effect models; Multiple drivers; Phenotypic plasticity; Physiology; Reaction norm; Tiger flathead; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD WEB; GROWTH; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTHOZOA; PLATYCEPHALUS; PLATYCEPHALUS MACRODON;

EID: 84926682352     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2355.1     Document Type: Article

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