Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Early developmental stages of cold-adapted ectotherms such as brook trout </p><p>(Salvelinus fontinalis) are at risk of mortality with increasing water temperatures because </p><p>of their sensitivity to changes in their environment. I studied the mass and routine </p><p>metabolic rate (RMR) of wild-origin brook trout eggs, alevin and young fry reared… more Full Text: TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE ROUTINE METABOLIC RATES OF BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) EGGS, ALEVIN AND FRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …