Cheating the Locals: Invasive Mussels Steal and Benefit from the Cooling Effect of Indigenous Mussels

The indigenous South African mussel Perna perna gapes during periods of aerial exposure to maintain aerobic respiration. This behaviour has no effect on the body temperatures of isolated individuals, but when surrounded by conspecifics, beneficial cooling effects of gaping emerge. It is uncertain, h...

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Autores principales: Lathlean, Justin A., Seuront, Laurent, McQuaid, Christopher D., Ng, Terence P. T., Zardi, Gerardo I., Nicastro, Katy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27030975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152556

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27030975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152556

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