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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22294| Title: | A thermostable zone in survivorship and metabolism of a tropical marine cercaria | Contributor(s): | Young, R E (author); Bundy, D A P (author); Taylor, Neil (author) |
Publication Date: | 1984 | DOI: | 10.1016/0300-9629(84)90636-4 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22294 | Abstract: | 1. Survivorship curves and their parameters are determined at different temperatures for the marine 'Cercaria caribbea' LXXI (Cable). 2. A relationship is demonstrated between Mean Expected Life Span and half life of the populations (t₀.₅) and it is argued that t₀.₅ is a good index of glycogen utilization rate. 3. Q₁₀ values for t₀.₅ computed on this basis were 5.8 between 10 and 20°C, 3.1 between 30 and 40°C and ~- 1 between 20 and 30°C. 4. The zone of thermostability corresponds with normal environmental temperatures for the cercariae and probably serves to maximize infectivity under prevailing environmental conditions. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Physiology, 78(4), p. 793-798 | Publisher: | Pergamon Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 0300-9629 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060601 Animal Physiology - Biophysics 060604 Comparative Physiology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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| Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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