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Climate and body size influence nest survival in a fish with parental care
Article first published online: 27 APR 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01242.x
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SUSKI, C. D. and RIDGWAY, M. S. (2007), Climate and body size influence nest survival in a fish with parental care. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76: 730–739. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01242.x
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- Issue published online: 2 JUN 2007
- Article first published online: 27 APR 2007
- Received 2 September 2006; accepted 12 March 2007
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Keywords:
- limnology;
- North Atlantic Oscillation;
- recruitment;
- reproduction;
- smallmouth bass;
- temperature
Summary
- 1The current study examined the effect of broad-scale climate and individual-specific covariates on nest survival in smallmouth bass over a 20-year period.
- 2Large-scale climate indices [winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and winter El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)] and body size of parental males were important covariates in nest survival along with nest age and a quadratic trend in survival.
- 3We did not find an effect due to a habitat covariate (total effective fetch) or a phenology covariate (degree-days at start of nesting) on nest survival.
- 4Male size in the second half of the nesting season was a more influential covariate on nest success than male size in the first half or throughout the nesting period.
- 5We present evidence showing that winter NAO/ENSO indices establish limnological conditions the following spring that influence thermal stability of the lake during the nesting period.
- 6The combined climate and body size covariates point to nest survival as a function of lagged climate-scale influences on limnology and the individual-scale influence of bioenergetics on the duration of parental care and nest success.