Identifying mechanisms underlying individual body size increases in a changing, highly seasonal environment: The growing trout of West Brook
November 1, 2022
- As air temperature increases, it has been suggested that smaller individual body size may be a general response to climate warming. However, for ectotherms inhabiting cold, highly seasonal environments, warming temperatures may increase the scope for growth and result in larger body size.
- In a long-term study of individual brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis and brown trout Salmo trutta inhabiting a small stream network, individual lengths increased over the course of 15 years. As size-selective gains and losses to the population acted to reduce body sizes and mean body size at first tagging in the autumn (
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Title | Identifying mechanisms underlying individual body size increases in a changing, highly seasonal environment: The growing trout of West Brook |
| DOI | 10.1111/1365-2656.1383 |
| Authors | Benjamin Letcher, Keith Nislow, Matthew O'Donnell, Andrew R. Whiteley, Jason Coombs, Todd Dubreuil, Daniel Turek |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Journal of Animal Ecology |
| Index ID | 70238103 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Eastern Ecological Science Center |