Abstract
This study assessed growth of individually tagged brown trout Salmo trutta in a temperate system of north-west Spain (2010-2012). This study identified notable individual variation in fish growth with individuals growing sub-optimally compared with laboratory-based growth-model predictions in most cases (85.5% of individuals). The present observations of suboptimal growth need to be considered in view of intraspecific competition or limiting food resources instead of thermal regimes.
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Aquatic science , Astronomia / física , Biodiversidade , Biotecnología , Ciências agrárias i , Ciências ambientais , Ciências biológicas i , Ciências biológicas ii , Ciências biológicas iii , Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics , Engenharias i , Fisheries , General medicine , Geociências , Geografía , Interdisciplinar , Marine & freshwater biology , Matemática / probabilidade e estatística , Medicina ii , Medicina veterinaria , Psicología , Saúde coletiva , Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros , Age factors , Animals , Density , Intraspecific competition , Linear models , Maximum potential growth , Model , Performance , Population , Preferences , Rivers , Salmo trutta , Spain , Tag recapture , Temperature , Trout , Water temperature
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Sanchez-Hernandez, Javier; Cobo, Fernando (2019). Suboptimal growth among individuals of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a temperate river. Journal Of Fish Biology, 95(2), 659-662. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14006



