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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar4349
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- European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013) [308299]
- Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [727852]
- AIAS-COFUND Fellowship at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies
- Aarhus University Research Foundation (Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond)
- European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, Marie Curie Actions [609033]
- Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
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In seasonal environments, timing is everything: Ecosystem dynamics are controlled by how well predators can match their prey in space and time. This match of predator and prey is thought to be particularly critical for the vulnerable larval life stages of many fish, where limited parental investment means that population survival can depend on how well larvae match the timing of their food. We develop and apply novel metrics of thermal time to estimate the timing of unobserved stages of fish larvae and their prey across the north Atlantic. The result shows that previously identified life-history strategies are adaptive in that they allow parents to predict a beneficial environment for their offspring and meet larval fish food timing that varies by 99 days across a species' range.
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