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ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 96-103出版社
BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00043.x
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adult size; migratory form; mortality rate; Oncorhynchus masu; sexual size dimorphism; sexual differences
We examined whether mortality and growth during the migration phase (the lacustrine phase after smolting) differ between sexes in migratory (lake-run) masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) in a lacustrine population, northern Hokkaido, Japan. The sex ratio of 1+ smolts was more skewed to females than that of the returning adults in three annual cohorts examined, indicating that females have a higher mortality rate during the migration phase. Although there was no difference in smolt length between sexes, female adults were larger in body length than males of the same age: female-biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD) occurs. We suppose that breeding selection favouring a larger body size for females than for males in this population probably requires that females undertake more intensive foraging behaviour with its greater inherent risks but faster growth rates during the migration phase. It therefore seems to be likely that the selection is the ultimate cause of the female-biased mortality rate and SSD.
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