Life on the edge: Thermal optima for aerobic scope of equatorial reef fishes are close to current day temperatures

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1055-1066

  Rummer, Jodie L ^a   Couturier, Christine S ^b   Stecyk, Jonathan A W ^b,c   Gardiner, Naomi M ^a   Kinch, Jeff P ^d   Nilsson, Göran E ^b   Munday, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d National Fisheries Authority   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Apagonidae; Coral reef fish; Global warming; Latitudinal gradient; Oxygen consumption; Pomacentridae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CORAL REEF; FINFISH; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTING STAGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS ATRIPECTORALIS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; CORAL REEF; FISH; METABOLISM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896695181     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12455     Document Type: Article

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