A preliminary test of the transitional growth spurt hypothesis using the protogynous coral trout Plectropomus maculatus |
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| Authors: | S Adams A J Williams |
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| Institution: | School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Estimates of back-calculated size at age provided no evidence of a growth spurt following sexual transition in the protogynous serranid Plectropomus maculatus. The results suggested that mature females that had a large size at age early in life changed sex to male. |
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| Keywords: | transitional growth spurt size advantage hypothesis protogyny |
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