Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2843501 | Journal of Thermal Biology | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
1.Replicate thermal tolerance polygons were created using critical thermal methodology (CTM) and statistically compared.2.Reef-associated damselfish and cardinalfish displayed the smallest total and intrinsic polygon zones and equal upper and lower acquired tolerance zones within species.3.Two gobiids and a mullet species (resident and transient to tidepools, respectively) showed greater total and intrinsic tolerance zones than reef-associated species.4.These CTM-polygons assess the thermal biology of fishes in habitats sensitive to global climate change and suggest that tropical Indo-Pacific fishes are likely to be affected by indirect consequences of global climate change, rather than by direct temperature mortality.
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Authors
John Eme, Wayne A. Bennett,