Critical thermal maximum, in
zoology
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...
, is the temperature for a given species above which most individuals respond with unorganized locomotion, subjecting the animal to likely death.
[R.W. McDiarmid, 1999] This concept is particularly relevant in periods of
aestivation or
quiescence, in which circumstances an organism experiences limited mobility and lacks the ability to seek a
microhabitat of reduced thermal stress.
See also
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Aestivation
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Physiology
Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemic ...
*
Torpor
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References
* Roy W. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig (1999) ''Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae'', p 202, University of Chicago Press
Animal physiology
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