Changes in body size of Canadian Pacific salmon over six decades

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Jeffrey, Kyla M., Côté, Isabelle M., Irvine, James R., Reynolds, John D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0600; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0600; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0600

Body size can sometimes change rapidly as an evolutionary response to selection or as a phenotypic response to changes in environmental conditions. Here, we revisit a classic case of rapid change in body size of five species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) caught in Canadian waters, with a six...