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A preliminary test of the transitional growth spurt hypothesis using the protogynous coral trout Plectropomus maculatus

2001/07/01 by S. Adams, Ashley J. Williams · 2 citations
Environmental Science · #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Marine and fisheries research #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Biology #Sex change #Growth spurt #Coral #Fishery #Sexual maturity #Zoology #Ecology #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Endocrinology

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb02350.x

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Abstract

Estimates of back‐calculated size at age provided no evidence of a growth spurt following sexual transition in the protogynous serranid Plectropomus maculatus. The results suggested that mature females that had a large size at age early in life changed sex to male.

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