Its long been assumed that a reduction in the SDA will provide more ‘free’ energy for allocation to animal growth. In our JEB commentary, we are proposing the exact opposite: that a larger SDA might actually be indicative of better growth performance .

P.s I have a lab instagram that I actually use to talk about our research:.@ goodfishlab .

RT @c_damsgaard: Happy to announce a PhD opportunity in my lab at @ZoophysiologyAU @BiologyAarhus on retinal respiratory and metabolic phys….

Pretty unreal to be named a #ForbesUnder30! Thanks folks and fish rule 🐟 @IMASUTAS @UTAS_

RT @J_Exp_Biol: If you’re working in animal comparative physiology or biomechanics & are within 5 years of setting up your first lab, apply….

RT @JenMcWho10: Our new study, hot off the press! Deeper reef climate impacts on the Great Barrier Reef

RT @J_Exp_Biol: In her ECR Spotlight, @H_R_Goodrich tells us how a series of fortuitous events led her to join the Institute for Marine and….

RT @J_Exp_Biol: In their Commentary, @H_R_Goodrich @Tobias_Wang_AU & co discuss the mechanisms underlying the rise in metabolism during dig….

In here you’ll find a summary of evidence both for and against existing perspectives (with a focus on ectothermic vertebrates) and a bunch of experiments aimed at understanding what the SDA truly represents. @Tobias_Wang_AU @fishycarb @Timothy_D_Clark @IMASUTAS

RT @c_damsgaard: I am excited to host the session called "Vertebrate Cardiorespiratory Physiology" at this year's #SEBconference 2024 meeti….

RT @LaurenNadler: Check out the open #PhD in my lab, investigating the energetic advantages of schooling behaviour in gregarious fishes. Su….

RT @Timothy_D_Clark: Want to do a PhD investigating eco-physiological traits of fish that prepare them for climate change? Competitive DUPR….

RT @AustSocFishBiol: PHD SCHOLARSHIPS (x2): Fully funded PHDs based at @Deakin looking at urchin & abalone aquaculture. The students will….

RT @Co_Biologists: Thank you to organisers Carol Bucking @withfewerwords & Chris Wood and everyone who joined us for our Workshop "Inside O….

“We call on scientists to question their hidden assumptions about scientific knowledge and challenge power relationships between their institutions and Indigenous peoples and worldviews”.

RT @AustSocFishBiol: RESEARCH REVIEW: Ever wondered why some fish grow faster than others?. Researchers @IMASUTAS  and @Deakin, @DeakinSEBE….

We conclude by suggesting 10 research questions that will help to determine the mechanisms underlying interindividual differences in fish growth. 7/7.

Lastly, we discuss the role of the gut microbiome and how differences in the diversity and abundance of gut microbes can work to influence fish behaviour, digestion and ultimately growth. 6/7.

But even in species with no obvious dominance structure, we still observe interindividual differences in grow rates. In these scenarios we might expect growth variation to be influenced by factors that affect energy use and uptake via the metabolic and digestive phenotype 5/7