Thermal sensitivity does not determine acclimation capacity for a tropical reef fish

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1126-1131

  Donelson, Jennifer M ^a,b   Munday, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Climate change; Coral reef fish; Global warming; Local adaptation; Metabolism; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; METABOLISM; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL REGIME; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; HOT TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84864912533     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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