The results of the model comparison; the number before each hypothesized relationship corresponds with a specific hypothesis given in the introduction.

T = temperature, S = salinity, d = time in days, and r, a, b, c, and f are estimated parameters. In models for hypotheses 1, 2, and 3, r is the growth rate when temperature and salinity are zero. ΔAIC is the difference in AIC units between the model with the best AIC and the given model. Thus the best model has a ΔAIC of zero.