compensation

compensation
1) management activities that replace all or part of fish stocks or their habitat lost through development or other activities
2) mechanism by which the effect of one factor on a population tends to be counteracted or compensated for by a consequential change in another factor, e.g. compensatory growth, reduction in egg production may be compensated for by an increased survival rate of eggs
3) the maintenance of an appropriate physiological rate in the face of temperature change

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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