ISSN:
1095-8649
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Variation in fecundity was examined from 32 populations of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in eastern North America covering a range of 37° latitude and extending from Maine, U.S.A., to northern Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. Populations were classed as dwarf, normal or anadromous and covered a suite of different habitat and climatic regimes. Fecundity varied with fork length (LF), with LF adjusted fecundity differing significantly among populations within each of the morphotypes implying that fecundity was a continuously responsive trait influenced by local environmental factors. Latitudinal variation in fecundity was also evident among morphotypes when the simultaneous effects of both latitude and LF were controlled. There was a significant trade-off between fecundity and egg size in two of five populations of anadromous Arctic charr, but no evidence in limited data from either normal or dwarf populations. In contrast with some other studies of fecundity in salmonids, there was no evidence for a latitudinal cline in egg size.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00734.x
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