International symposium on the implications of salmonid growth variation

In Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2000, an international symposium was held to present research concerning the consequences of growth variation for the e cology, evolution, and management of salmonid fish. Presentations covered i mportant topics including links between growth and mortality, interactions between growth and life history, tradeoffs between growth and other fitness aspects, and evolutionary implications of growth variation. In addition, t he symposium served as a showcase of new approaches and technologies in sal monid research. In this review, I provide an overview of the presentations, and summarize some of the major emergent themes of the symposium.