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Sun-basking fish benefit from body temperatures that are higher than ambient water

In terrestrial environments, cold-blooded animals can attain higher body temperatures by sun basking, and thereby potentially benefit from broader niches, improved performance and higher fitness. The higher heat capacity and thermal conductivity of water compared with air have been universally assum...

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Autores principales: Nordahl, Oscar, Tibblin, Petter, Koch-Schmidt, Per, Berggren, Hanna, Larsson, Per, Forsman, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5998101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29848654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0639