Effect of thermal acclimation on preferred temperature, avoidance temperature and lethal thermal maximum of Macrobiotus harmsworthi Murray (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 443-448

  Li, Xiaochen ^a   Wang, Lizhi ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avoidance temperature; Lethal thermal maximum; Macrobiotus harmsworthi; Preferred temperature; Tardigrade; Thermal acclimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALIA; MACROBIOTIDAE; MACROBIOTUS HARMSWORTHI; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 23644442420     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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