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Growth Impacts In A Changing Ocean: Insights From Two Coral Reef Fishes In An Extreme Environment, Danielle D'Agostino, John A. Burt, Veronica Santinelli, Grace O. Vaughan, Ashely M. Fowler, Tom Reader, Brett M. Taylor, Andrew S. Hoey, Georgenes H. Cavalcante, Andrew G. Bauman, David A. Feary
Growth Impacts In A Changing Ocean: Insights From Two Coral Reef Fishes In An Extreme Environment, Danielle D'Agostino, John A. Burt, Veronica Santinelli, Grace O. Vaughan, Ashely M. Fowler, Tom Reader, Brett M. Taylor, Andrew S. Hoey, Georgenes H. Cavalcante, Andrew G. Bauman, David A. Feary
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Determining the life-history consequences for fishes living in extreme and variable environments will be vital in predicting the likely impacts of ongoing climate change on reef fish demography. Here, we compare size-at-age and maximum body size of two common reef fish species (Lutjanus ehrenbergii and Pomacanthus maculosus) between the environmentally extreme Arabian/Persian Gulf (‘Arabian Gulf’) and adjacent comparably benign Oman Sea. Additionally, we use otolith increment width profiles to investigate the influence of temperature, salinity and productivity on the individual growth rates. Individuals of both species showed smaller size-at-age and lower maximum size in the Arabian Gulf compared …