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Nine decades of decreasing phenotypic variability in Atlantic cod.
Ecology letters - 1 Jul 2009
Olsen Esben Moland, Carlson Stephanie M, Gjøsaeter Jakob, Stenseth Nils Chr
Abstract excerpt
Changes in phenotypic variability in natural populations have received little attention in comparison with changes in mean trait values. This is unfortunate because trait diversity may influence adaptive evolutionary change and population stability. We combine two unique data sets to illuminate complex trait changes in Atlantic cod along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast: (i) an annual beach seine survey starting in...
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