title: Effects of density dependence, zooplankton and temperature on blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou growth.
abstract: Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou mean total length at age in the north-east Atlantic Ocean was found to vary by around ±6% during the period 2004-2011 and mean mass at age by ±22% during the years 1981-2013. Linear modelling provided strong evidence that these phenotypic growth variations can be explained by trophic conditions, mainly negative density dependence and also food availability, and a negative long-term temperature effect on asymptotic size.
authors.affiliation: Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer), rue de l'Île d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311, Nantes cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Trenkel
authors.affiliation: Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer), rue de l'Île d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311, Nantes cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorance
authors.affiliation: Wageningen Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), P. O. Box 68, 1970 AB, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: S M M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fässler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Research (IMR), NO-5817, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Å S
authors.initials: ÅS
authors.lastname: Høines
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D020387:Food Chain; D048388:Gadiformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D011156:Population Density; D012623:Seawater; D013696:Temperature; D015048:Zooplankton / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: environmental effect; food availability; trophic conditions; von Bertalanffy