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From: Importance of plasticity and local adaptation for coping with changing salinity in coastal areas: a test case with barnacles in the Baltic Sea

Figure 3

Effects of salinity on growth. Effects of salinity on growth in barnacles from three different populations (Stockholm, Kiel and Tjärnö), described by the growth model parameters (a, b and c, labelled respectively) obtained from the Gompertz growth model fitted to barnacle shell diameter data (± standard error (SE), n = 4). Parameter a estimates the maximum shell diameter of the barnacles, b estimates the lag phase during early growth and c estimates the maximal growth rate, i.e. how rapidly barnacles approach the asymptote.

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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