Critical thermal minima and maxima of three freshwater game-fish species acclimated to constant temperatures

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-200

  Currie, Rebecca J ^b   Bennett, Wayne A ^c   Beitinger, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel catfish; Largemouth bass; Rainbow trout; Temperature tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CHANNEL CATFISH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; RAINBOW TROUT; THERMAL TOLERANCE;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0031909338     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007447417546     Document Type: Article

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