Spreading the risk: Small-scale body temperature variation among intertidal organisms and its implications for species persistence

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Denny, Mark W ^a   Dowd, W Wesley ^a   Bilir, Lisa ^a   Mach, Katharine J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological physiology; Intertidal ecology; Risk; Thermal limits; Thermal stress; Variation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROCKY SHORE; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURROGATE METHOD; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955079204     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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