Sentence examples for maturation schedule from inspiring English sources

To this end, we build an eco-evolutionary model for a size-structured population, in which both the stock׳s maturation schedule and the fishery׳s harvest rate are adaptive, while fishing may be subject to a selective policy based on fish size and/or maturity stage.

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Briefly described, each individual carries genetic traits affecting its life history through growth rate, maturation schedule, and reproductive investment.

The most prominent evolutionary change took place in the maturation schedule, and in the PMRN intercept in particular (Fig. 3A).

However, we found no evidence for a change in maturation schedule or reproductive strategies in our study population.

Otherwise, intensive harvesting lowers average yield and causes evolutionary change in the maturation schedule of brook charr.

Similarly, maturation schedules (based on age-specific proportion of mature females) also varied based on size-limit and fishing mortality rate.

There was no return to an older age and greater length at maturity as growth rate declined, suggesting that the changes in maturation schedules were genetic in origin.

Hence, growth-mediated maturation plasticity might suffice to explain observed differences in maturation schedules between harvested and unharvested lakes.

Comparing and contrasting temporal shifts in maturation among these stocks allowed us to evaluate how exploitation history may shape fish maturation schedules and observe whether maturation schedules are able to recover following harvest reductions or moratoria.

Therefore, fishing pressure may be a general selective force shaping the maturation schedules of yellow perch stocks throughout the Great Lakes, even as other factors may influence local variation in maturation schedules.