EU research has investigated drivers of growth patterns in cold-blooded aquatic animals when subjected to increasing temperatures. The data stands to have major significance for determining the effects of global warming.
As body size affects all aspects of life history – including fecundity and lifespan – variables that affect growth are key to interaction of an organism with its environment. Paradoxically, effects of temperature have given rise to the temperature size rule (TSR), whereby despite higher temperatures resulting in faster growth rate, animals achieve a smaller final size.
Further details: The life history puzzle of body size and temperature