The relationship between otolith accretion and resting metabolic rate in juvenile Atlantic salmon during a change in temperature

This study confirmed earlier evidence for a correlation between otolith inc rement width and resting metabolic rate in the absence of somatic growth in Atlantic salmon parr. However, increment width responded more conservative ly to a change in temperature than did resting metabolic rate. Consequently , the study demonstrated that although increment width varied with temperat ure the process governing accretion rate was not simply related to resting metabolic rate.