Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation: when does temperature start to ‘hurt’?
- Membrane constraints to physiological function at different temperatures: does cholesterol stabilize membranes at elevated temperatures?
- The effect of temperature on protein metabolism in fish: the possible consequences for wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) stocks in Europe as a result of global warming
- Thermal stress and muscle function in fish
- Factors which may limit swimming performance at different temperatures
- Effects of temperature on cardiovascular performance
- Temperature effects on the reproductive performance of fish
- The effects of temperature on embryonic and larval development
- Temperature and growth: modulation of growth rate via temperature change
- Effects of climate change on cod (Gadus morhua) stocks
- Temperature effects on osmoregulatory physiology of juvenile anadromous fish
- Effects of temperature on xenobiotic metabolism
- Interactive effects of temperature and pollutant stress
- Behavioural compensation for long-term thermal change
- Thermal niche of fishes and global warming
- Index
Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation: when does temperature start to ‘hurt’?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation: when does temperature start to ‘hurt’?
- Membrane constraints to physiological function at different temperatures: does cholesterol stabilize membranes at elevated temperatures?
- The effect of temperature on protein metabolism in fish: the possible consequences for wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) stocks in Europe as a result of global warming
- Thermal stress and muscle function in fish
- Factors which may limit swimming performance at different temperatures
- Effects of temperature on cardiovascular performance
- Temperature effects on the reproductive performance of fish
- The effects of temperature on embryonic and larval development
- Temperature and growth: modulation of growth rate via temperature change
- Effects of climate change on cod (Gadus morhua) stocks
- Temperature effects on osmoregulatory physiology of juvenile anadromous fish
- Effects of temperature on xenobiotic metabolism
- Interactive effects of temperature and pollutant stress
- Behavioural compensation for long-term thermal change
- Thermal niche of fishes and global warming
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Changes in species composition are commonly associated with discontinuities or gradients in habitat temperature. It is common for one species of a genus to replace its congener as a function of change in latitude, altitude, depth or some other environmental variable which is associated with a shift in temperature (Graves & Somero, 1982; Dahlhoff & Somero, 1993a; Fields et al., 1993; Barry et al., 1995). Data accumulated by biogeographers studying marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats suggest that even relatively minor differences in habitat temperature may be adequate to drive species replacements, especially in the case of ectotherms. With few exceptions, however, the physiological and biochemical adaptations that may be instrumental in establishing and maintaining these species replacement patterns are unknown (Graves & Somero, 1982; Dahlhoff & Somero, 1993a, b). Indeed, the complex interplay between physical and biological factors in establishing distribution patterns has led to uncertainty about the importance of fine-scale adaptation to temperature in setting biogeographical patterning. A shift in habitat temperature may lead to pervasive effects on community structure because some critical link in the food web, for example a plant which serves as the nutritional source for one or more dominant animal species, may be severely impacted. Perturbation of this key plant species could lead to major shifts in occurrence or abundance of animals which depend on the plant, even if the animals themselves are not directly impacted by the temperature change (cf. Lubchenco et al., 1993).
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- Global WarmingImplications for Freshwater and Marine Fish, pp. 1 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997
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