In a new study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, we use thermal time to explain growth and development in 7 species of lobsters and crabs. We estimate growing degree-days as a physiologically relevant measure of time for the ectothermic organisms. The models can be used to predict growth under variable temperatures (e.g. in the field), identify temperature tolerance limits, and disentangle temperature effects from other factors affecting growth. The study was led by Dalhousie student Reid W. Steele.
Read more here:
Steele, R. & A.B. Neuheimer. 2022. Assessing the ability of the growing degree-day metric to explain variation in size-at-age and age at moult of lobsters and crabs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (link)
