Effects of elevated temperature on coral reef fishes: Loss of hypoxia tolerance and inability to acclimate

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-393

  Nilsson, Göran E ^a   Östlund Nilsson, Sara ^a   Munday, Philip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardinalfish; Climate change; Coral reef fish; Damselfish; Hypoxia; Metabolism; Oxygen consumption; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT ANIMAL; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDINALFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING; FISH; GROWTH; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPOXIA; LEMON DAMSELFISH; NONHUMAN; OSTORHINCHUS DOEDERLEINI; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953021983     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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