Aquatic ectotherms face the continuous challenge of capturing sufficient oxygen from their
environment as the diffusion rate of oxygen in water is 3× 105 times lower than in air …

Publisher Summary Marine life in the polar, especially Antarctic, cold is characterized by a
low to moderate pace at permanently low temperatures. This chapter discusses the special …

Ectothermic organisms often face dramatic traverses of environmental temperature on a
daily or seasonal basis; exemplars among this group are invertebrates and fish of the rocky …

Recent advances in quantifying biochemical and cellular-level responses to thermal stress
have facilitated a new exploration of the role of climate and climate change in driving …

Crustaceans are often exposed to hypoxic stress in intensive aquaculture systems. Such
stress leads to physiological, behavioural and biochemical changes, which can cause …

Water temperature is expected to rise on coral reefs due to global warming. Here, we have
examined if increased temperature reduces the hypoxia tolerance of coral reef fish …

Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems makes the study of ectotherms complex and
challenging. Physiologists have historically overcome this hurdle in the laboratory by using …

Global climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity; one of the most important
effects is the increase in the mean earth surface temperature. However, another but poorly …

Antarctic marine species have evolved in one of the coldest and most temperature-stable
marine environments on Earth. They have long been classified as being stenothermal, or …

Research on the thermal biology of A ntarctic marine organisms has increased awareness of
their vulnerability to climate change, as a flipside of their adaptation to life in the permanent …