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Growth and Early Maturation of Brown Trout Salmo trutta in the Alatsoya River (Republic of Karelia)

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The features of the growth and early maturation of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in the Alatsoya River (Republic of Karelia) are studied. As a rule, the age of brown trout in this river does not exceed 3 years and one of its life strategies is the formation of precocious males. Precocious males reach their puberty at age 1+; they are characterized by a larger size than parrs of the same age and have a high growth rate in the first year of life. Females do not reach puberty until age 2+. There is a hypothesis that precocious males begin to appear in the brown trout population from the Alatsoya River during the first summer of their life.

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We are grateful to Prof. K.V. Kuzishchin (Moscow State University) for providing valuable comments on the text of the manuscript.

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The material collection was supported by grant no. 14-14-01171 of the Russian Science Foundation and the analysis of the material and preparation of the article were supported by grant no. 19-14-00015 of the Russian Science Foundation.

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    E. D. Pavlov, A. G. Bush, V. V. Kostin & D. S. Pavlov

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Abbreviations: NCR, nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio of oocytes.

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Pavlov, E.D., Bush, A.G., Kostin, V.V. et al. Growth and Early Maturation of Brown Trout Salmo trutta in the Alatsoya River (Republic of Karelia). Inland Water Biol 13, 640–647 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082920060115

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