Larval rockfish growth and survival in response to anomalous ocean conditions.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how future ocean conditions will affect populations of marine species is integral to predicting how climate change will impact both ecosystem function and fisheries management. Fish population dynamics are driven by variable survival of the early life stages, which are highly sensitive to environmental conditions. As global warming generates extreme ocean conditions (i.e., marine heatwaves) we can gain insight into how larval fish growth and mortality will change in warmer conditions. The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem experienced anomalous ocean warming from 2014 to 2016, creating novel conditions. We examined the otolith microstructure of juveniles of the economically and ecologically important black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) collected from 2013 to 2019 to qua

SUBMITTER: Fennie HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008550 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature