Physiological benefits of being small in a changing world: responses of Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) to an acute thermal challenge and a simulated capture event.

Evidence is building to suggest that both chronic and acute warm temperature exposure, as well as other anthropogenic perturbations, may select for small adult fish within a species. To shed light on this phenomenon, we investigated physiological and anatomical attributes associated with size-specif...

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Main Authors: Timothy D Clark, Michael R Donaldson, Sebastian Pieperhoff, S Matthew Drenner, Andrew Lotto, Steven J Cooke, Scott G Hinch, David A Patterson, Anthony P Farrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3374769?pdf=render