Temperature | Measures of Thermal Tolerance

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1695-1702

  Beitinger, T L ^a   Lutterschmidt, W I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Critical temperature; Critical thermal maximum (CTMax); Critical thermal methodology (CTM); Critical thermal minimum (CTMin); Lethal death (LD); Liebig's law; Loss of righting response (LRR); Onset of spasm (OS); Physiological ecology; Q10; Temperature; Temperature dependent physiology; Thermal tolerance; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861214376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00200-8     Document Type: Chapter

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