An intertidal sea star adjusts thermal inertia to avoid extreme body temperatures

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 890-897

  Pincebourde, Sylvain ^a,d   Sanford, Eric ^b,c   Helmuth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Intertidal ecology; Pisaster ochraceus; Thermal inertia, thermoregulation; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BUFFERING; ECHINODERM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEAWATER; THERMOREGULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; STARFISH; THERMOREGULATION; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; SEAWATER; STARFISH; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; ASTEROIDEA; PISASTER OCHRACEUS;

EID: 72449187636     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648065     Document Type: Article

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