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Fisheries science

the hypothesis that larger fish larvae at a given age have higher survival, part of a size-based framework for recruitment.

In fisheries science, bigger-is-better hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that larger fish larvae at a given age have higher survival, part of a size-based framework for recruitment. This meaning comes from Miller (1988) in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.[1]

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References

Miller, T. J., Crowder, L. B., Rice, J. A., & Marschall, E. A. (1988). Larval Size and Recruitment Mechanisms in Fishes: Toward a Conceptual Framework. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 45(9), 1657-1670. https://doi.org/10.1139/f88-197

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