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The interaction of temperature and fish size on growth of juvenile turbot
Imsland, A.K.; Sunde, L.M.; Folkvord, A.; Stefansson, S.O. (1996). The interaction of temperature and fish size on growth of juvenile turbot. J. Fish Biol. 49(5): 926-940
In: Journal of Fish Biology. Fisheries Society of the British Isles: London,New York,. ISSN 0022-1112; e-ISSN 1095-8649, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
    Biology > Physiology > Animal physiology > Fish physiology
    Body size
    Developmental stages > Juveniles
    Environmental effects > Temperature effects
    Population functions > Growth
    Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Imsland, A.K.
  • Sunde, L.M.
  • Folkvord, A.
  • Stefansson, S.O.

Abstract
    Growth rate of tagged juvenile turbot was significantly influenced by the interaction of temperature and fish size. The results suggest the optimum temperature for growth of juvenile turbot in the size range 25–75 g is between 16 and 19) C. Optimal temperature for growth decreased rapidly with increasing size, and is between 13 and 16) C for 100 g turbot. Although individual growth rates varied highly at all times within the temperature treatments, significant size rank correlations were maintained during the experimental period. The study confirms that turbot exhibit ontogenetic variation in temperature optimum, which might partly explain different spatial distribution of juvenile and adult turbot in ocean waters.

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