Density-dependent compensatory growth in brown trout (Salmo trutta) in nature.

Density-dependence is a major ecological mechanism that is known to limit individual growth. To examine if compensatory growth (unusually rapid growth following a period of imposed slow growth) in nature is density-dependent, one-year-old brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) were first starved in the labor...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: L Fredrik Sundström, Rasmus Kaspersson, Joacim Näslund, Jörgen I Johnsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3643939?pdf=render