Larger but younger fish when growth outpaces mortality in heated ecosystem
Ectotherms are predicted to ‘shrink’ with global warming, in line with general growth models and the temperature-size rule (TSR), both predicting smaller adult sizes with warming. However, they also predict faster juvenile growth rates and thus larger size-at-age of young organisms. Hence, the resul...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2023-05-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/82996 |