Inter-population thermal variability and physiological response in the intertidal fish Scartichthys viridis (Blenniidae)

Pulgar, JM; Bozinovicz, F; Ojedaz, FP

Abstract

Determining habitat conditions that generate individual physiological variability represents key basic knowledge to understand the direction of animal's responses to habitat change. The coastal fish Scartichthys viridis inhabits low intertidal pools along the Chilean coast. Because seawater in the low intertidal is renewed during every tidal cycle, this zone is characterized by a low thermal variation and abundant food within and between localities. We evaluated whether seawater thermal conditions and food availability of low intertidal pools registered in three localities of Chilean coast are sufficient to generate physiological and energetic differences in individuals of S. viridis captured from three geographic separate populations spanning approximately 1,200 km. Southern fishes acclimatized to 25

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Título según WOS: Inter-population thermal variability and physiological response in the intertidal fish Scartichthys viridis (Blenniidae)
Título según SCOPUS: Inter-population thermal variability and physiological response in the intertidal fish Scartichthys viridis (Blenniidae)
Título según SCIELO: Inter-population thermal variability and physiological response in the intertidal fish Scartichthys viridis (Blenniidae)
Título de la Revista: Revista chilena de historia natural
Volumen: 80
Número: 4
Editorial: Sociedad de Biología de Chile
Fecha de publicación: 2007
Página de inicio: 439
Página final: 446
Idioma: English
URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39649119102&partnerID=q2rCbXpz
DOI:

10.4067/S0716-078X2007000400005

Notas: ISI, SCIELO, SCOPUS