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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>B. H. Letcher</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>D.O. Conover</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>J.A. Buckel</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1998</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Variation in advection or other physical forces may accelerate or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;delay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;arrival of young marine fishes into productive nearshore habitats, thereby affecting the length of the available growing season. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;bluefish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pomatomus saltatrix&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is an oceanic spawner whose juvenile stages, upon entry into estuarine waters, become piscivorous and thereby experience greatly increased growth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;Size&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;attained during the growing season may therefore be determined by time of arrival into estuarine habitats. We exposed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;bluefish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;recently recruited to an estuary to three diet shift treatments in which test fish were fed adult brine shrimp&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Artemia&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;sp. for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, 10, or 20 d before they were switched to piscine prey.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;Bluefish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;that had a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;delayed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;onset&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;piscivory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were smaller after 40 d of growth, indicating that they did not fully compensate for prior periods of slow growth. These&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;bluefish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;did exhibit immediate moderate growth compensation (about 6% over 10 d)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;resulting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;from increased consumption rates, but relatively low growth efficiencies prevented full recovery of their growth losses. Low growth efficiencies may have&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;resulted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;from an induced developmental handicap or an energetic penalty for prolonged feeding on an&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Artemia&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;diet. The timing of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;age&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;bluefish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;recruitment into estuarine environments can have a lasting influence on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class"&gt;size&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;attained during the first growing season.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127&lt;0576:EOADOO&gt;2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Effects of a delayed onset of piscivory on the size of age-0 bluefish</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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