The thermal relations of the freshwater triclad flatworm, Dugesia dorotocephala (Turbellaria: Tricladida)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 457-464

  Claussen, Dennis L ^a   Grisak, Adam G ^b   Brown, Patrice F ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rosalynn Carter Inst Hum Devmt   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Locomotion; Planarians; Speed; Temperature; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUGESIA DOROTOCEPHALA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TURBELLARIA; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; DUGESIA DOROTOCEPHALA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0141682237     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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