Metcalfe’s and Thorpe’s Concept of Developmental Switches to Controlling Smolting and Maturation

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Metcalfe’s and Thorpe’s Concept of Developmental Switches to Controlling Smolting and Maturation

Its purpose

Proximate vs ultimate model

Draws on observations of Ricker (1938) on sockeye in Cultus Lake

The components – “decision switches” for two primary developmental conversions

Maturation vs smoltification

Slide 7

Effects of changes in environment or other factors affecting abundance

Slide 9

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Author: Larry Lestelle

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Mobrand Biometrics

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