EFFECT OF FEMALE SIZE ON FECUNDITY AND EGG SIZE IN WHITE-SPOTTED CHARR: COMPARISON BETWEEN SEA-RUN AND RESIDENT FORMS.

K. Morita, Y. Takashima-1998

Journal of Fish Biology, 53 : 1140-1142

Abstract:

The relationships between fecundity, egg size and female size of sea-run form were compared with resident form, using white-spotted charr, Salvelinus leucomaenis. Both fecundity and egg size increase with female size. However, the relationship between egg size and female size differed significantly between the resident and sea-run forms. Egg sizes of sea-run and resident were similar even though sea-run fish were much larger.

(Laboratory of Marine Ecology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, 041-8611, Japan)

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