Figure 1.

Growth trajectories (logarithm of standard length in mm) of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) over the early compensatory period in the (a) winter and (b) spring experiment. Note that the two experiments started on different days, so that day 1 is 21 November 2007 in (a) and 21 February 2008 in (b). The horizontal arrows indicate the period of temperature manipulation (slow-down (14°C)—triangle and dashed line; control (10°C)—circle and solid line; catch-up (6°C)—square and double dashed line). Asterisks indicate significant differences among all treatment groups (p < 0.05) and ‘C’ indicates the point when compensation was complete and there was no longer a significant difference in size between treatment groups. Adapted from Lee et al. [12].