Growth rate correlations across life-stages in female Atlantic salmon |
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Authors: | S. Einum,E. B. Thorstad, T. F. Næ sje |
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Affiliation: | Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tungasletta 2, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway |
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Abstract: | Within smolt ages there was a strong negative correlation between pre- and post-smolt growth in wild three-sea-winter female Atlantic salmon Salmo salar . This indicates that trait values providing, or resulting from, increased growth in one environment may cause growth to decrease in the other, potentially constraining growth rate evolution. |
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Keywords: | growth rate body size Salmo salar scale analyses |
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