Critical thermal maximum, in

zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, 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 Aestivation ( (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a lowered m ...

or quiescence, in which circumstances an organism experiences limited mobility and lacks the ability to seek a

microhabitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...

of reduced thermal stress.

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* Roy W. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig (1999) ''Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae'', p 202, University of Chicago Press Animal physiology {{animal-physiology-stub

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