Thermal physiology and vertical zonation of intertidal animals: Optima, limits, and costs of living

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 780-789

  Somero, George N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036707123     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.4.780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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