[1]Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Fisheries Biotechnology and Genetic Breeding Qingdao Key Laboratory for Marine Fish Breeding and Biotechnology Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences Qingdao 266071 China;
[2]Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Qingdao 266071 China;
[3]Yantai Tianyuan Aquatic Limited Corporation Yantai 264006 China;
Scophthalmus maximus; upper thermal tolerance; genetic parameters; cross-sectional models;