Effects of upper-limit water temperatures on the dispersal of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea.

Temperature is a determinant environmental variable in metabolic rates of organisms ultimately influencing important physiological and behavioural features. Stressful conditions such as increasing temperature, particularly within high ranges occurring in the summer, have been suggested to induce flo...

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Main Authors: Inês Correia Rosa, Joana Luísa Pereira, Raquel Costa, Fernando Gonçalves, Robert Prezant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3462768?pdf=render