Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment
D. D'Agostino, J. A. Burt, V. Santinelli, G. O. Vaughan, A. Fowler, T. Reader, B. M. Taylor, A. S. Hoey, G. H. Cavalcante, A. G. Bauman, D. A. Feary
This study compares growth patterns of two reef fish species in the extreme Arabian Gulf and the less extreme Oman Sea, finding smaller size-at-age and lower maximum size in the Arabian Gulf, with salinity strongly influencing growth.
bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2020Ecology