Sub-Antarctic Freshwater Invertebrate Thermal Tolerances: An Assessment of Critical Thermal Limits and Behavioral Responses

Describes study which assessed the upper (CTmax) and lower (CTmin) thermal limits of three freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa with restricted low elevation distribution (20 m a.s.l.) and three taxa restricted to upper elevations (480 and 700 m a.s.l.) in the Magellanic sub-Antarctic ecoregion of sout...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Insects
Main Authors: Rendoll Cárcamo, Javier, Contador, Tamara, Convey, Peter, Kennedy, James H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Subjects:
critical thermal limits
ecophysiology
elevation
freshwater macroinvertebrates
restricted distribution
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11020102
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1638183/
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Summary:Describes study which assessed the upper (CTmax) and lower (CTmin) thermal limits of three freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa with restricted low elevation distribution (20 m a.s.l.) and three taxa restricted to upper elevations (480 and 700 m a.s.l.) in the Magellanic sub-Antarctic ecoregion of southern Chile, and argues that their low tolerance to temperature increase can make them useful as indicators of thermal alteration in their habitats.

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