This chapter provides an overview of the various strategies that fishes use to mitigate the
effects of temperature change, summarizes how physiologists characterize the thermal niche …

Environmental signals act primarily on physiological systems, which then influence higher‐
level functions such as movement patterns and population dynamics. Increases in average …

As most fish are ectotherms, their physiology is strongly affected by temperature.
Temperature affects their metabolic rate and thus their energy balance and behavior …

Global temperatures are rising and heat waves are becoming more frequent, reaching
higher temperatures, and lasting longer. Many animals are living close to their limits for …

Thermoregulation in ectothermic animals is influenced by the ability to effectively respond to
thermal variations. While it is known that ectotherms are affected by thermal changes, it …

The current threat of climate change impacts on ectothermic animals (Seebacher, White, &
Franklin, 2014; Sunday, Bates, & Dulvy, 2012) has led to increasing interest in the …

Global climate change is projected to have widespread effects that could threaten the
viability of natural populations. Physiological processes of aquatic ectotherms critically …

Global climate change is projected to have widespread effects that could threaten the
viability of natural populations. Physiological processes of aquatic ectotherms critically …

This review is focused on the questions of why fish exhibit heat failure at thermal extremes
and which physiological mechanisms determine the acute upper thermal tolerance. We …

Behavioural thermoregulation enables ectotherms to access habitats providing conditions
within their temperature optima, especially in periods of extreme thermal conditions, through …