Summary of the models investigated in this study.

The table shows the two linear growth models (lm1-lm2), a linear growth model to estimate initial otolith size given temperature (lm3), a linear allometry model (lm4) and three linear mixed effects growth models (mod1-mod3) used in this study. R2 was used to describe the amount of variation in the response variable explained for each of the two simple linear models, whilst marginal R2 (mR2) values were calculated for the mixed effects models. ΔAIC values were calculated as the absolute difference from mod3; the model with the lowest AIC value.