Heat tolerance as an indicator of climate change impacts: General considerations and a case study in poeciliid fish

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-66

  Klerks, Paul L ^a   Blaha, Margo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Bioindicator; Fish populations; Genetic adaptation; Heat tolerance; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; HETERANDRIA; HETERANDRIA FORMOSA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 68349091401     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270902729280     Document Type: Article

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