Physiological and behavioural responses to seasonal changes in environmental temperature in the Australian spiny crayfish Euastacus sulcatus

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 653-660

  Lowe, Katrin ^a   FitzGibbon, Sean ^a   Seebacher, Frank ^b   Wilson, Robbie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Crayfish; Performance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRAYFISH; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; EUASTACUS SULCATUS;

EID: 77952536465     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0445-2     Document Type: Article

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