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TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATATION [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Scientific Co-operation
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Cold-water species [of fish] had a unique relation between acclimation and selection temperatures (...). When acclimated at 15-18 C, they selected or preferred a temperature that was approximately equal to the acclimation temperature (...)

OBS

acclimation: a reversible change in the morphology or physiology of an organism in response to environmental change when such alteration occurs in the laboratory under controlled conditions involving only a single variable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Coopération scientifique
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Les températures choisies et évitées par 13 espèces de poisson, évaluées à des abaissements graduels de 3 C, depuis 30 jusqu'à 6 C, diminuent à mesure que diminue la température d'acclimatation de l'été à l'hiver.

OBS

acclimatation: Adaptation d'un organisme vivant à un milieu nouveau, sous la surveillance et avec les soins de l'homme: (...)

Spanish

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