Upper thermal limits of aquatic macroinvertebrates: Comparing critical thermal maxima with 96-LT50 values

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 322-327

  Dallas, Helen F ^a   Ketley, Zoma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Critical thermal maxima; Lethal limit; LT50; Macroinvertebrate; Temperature; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AFRONURUS BARNARDI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHANICERCA CAPENSIS; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CASTANOPHLEBIA; CHIMARRA AMBULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMA; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LETHALITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LT50 METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PARAMELITA NIGROCULUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRONURUS; APHANICERCA CAPENSIS; CHIMARRA AMBULANS; PARAMELITA NIGROCULUS;

EID: 79961000080     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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