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Having analysed the temperature conditions of existence for 7 biogeographical groups of coastal mollusks near the peripheries of their distributional areas, the authors suggest a method of defining optimum temperatures of inhabitancy and temperatures of reproduction for marine poikilotherm animals. In the Northern Hemisphere, minimum winter temperatures in the North of the distributional areas and maximum summer temperatures in the South often restrict further expansion. The thermal range between summer temperatures in the North of the areas and winter temperatures in the South favours successful reproduction and approaches optimum conditions. The ranges of optimum temperatures of inhabitancy calculated and the temperatures of reproduction are in agreement with data on the spawning temperatures of the same species reported in literature.
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Golikov, A.N., Scarlato, O.A. Method for indirectly defining optimum temperatures of inhabitancy for marine cold-blooded animals. Mar. Biol. 20, 1–5 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387667
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