Effects of temperature and food quality on age and size at maturity in ectotherms: an experimental test with Atlantic salmon

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Jonsson, Bror, Jonsson, Nina, Finstad, Anders G.
• Other Authors: Genner, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02022.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2656.2012.02022.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02022.x

Summary The reaction norm between growth rate, age and size at maturity in ectotherms is widely debated in ecological literature. It has been proposed that the effect depends on whether growth is affected by food quality or temperature (called the B errigan– C harnov puzzle). The present experiment...