Does size‐selective harvesting erode adaptive potential to thermal stress?

Abstract Overharvesting is a serious threat to many fish populations. High mortality and directional selection on body size can cause evolutionary change in exploited populations via selection for a specific phenotype and a potential reduction in phenotypic diversity. Whether the loss of phenotypic...

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Main Authors: Daniel E. Sadler, Stephan vanDijk, Juha Karjalainen, Phillip C. Watts, Silva Uusi‐Heikkilä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11007