Chapter 1 Maternal Effects in Fish Populations

• Published in: Advances in Marine Biology Vol. 54; pp. 1 - 105
• Main Author: Green, Bridget S.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Elsevier Science & Technology 2008
• Subjects: bigger is better; female size; heritability; maternal influences; offspring traits; paternal effects; phenotypic plasticity; maternal influences; female size; paternal effects; offspring traits; phenotypic plasticity; bigger is better; heritability

Recently, the importance of the female to population dynamics—especially her non‐genetic contribution to offspring fitness or maternal effect—has received much attention in studies of a diverse collection of animal and plant taxa. Of particular interest to fisheries scientists and managers is the ro...