Metabolic plasticity and critical temperatures for aerobic scope in a eurythermal marine invertebrate (Littorina saxatilis, Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from different latitudes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-207

  Sokolova, Inna M ^a,b   Pörtner, Hans Otto ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic scope; Critical temperatures; Littorina; Metabolic cold compensation; Respiration; Temperature adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSCA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARRHENIUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LIPARIS (SCORPAENIFORM); LITTORINA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; LITTORINIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037235003     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00054     Document Type: Article

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