Why mothers matter

Stephen R. Palumbi ()
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Stephen R. Palumbi: Stanford University

Nature, 2004, vol. 430, issue 7000, 621-622

Abstract: Fish population growth depends on older mothers, which in some species produce more and ‘better’ offspring than younger fish. When fisheries remove the most productive females, the whole population suffers.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1038/430621a

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