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Temperature Relations of Ectotherms: A Speculative Review

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Effects of Temperature on Ectothermic Organisms

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The interpretation of the temperature relationships of ectothermic animals has already run through two phases and we now appear to be experiencing the beginning of a third. In the first phase ectotherms were regarded as being at the mercy of the environment, an interpretation best expressed by Krogh’s so-called “normal curve” (Krogh, 1914). In the second phase, dating from about 1936 (Fox, 1936; Spärck, 1936; Thorson, 1936; Schlieper, 1950; Precht et al., 1955; Bullock, 1955; Prosser, 1958), the emphasis was placed upon the homeostatic character of metabolic processes. And now, in the third phase, the metabolism of such organisms is seen to be considerably more complicated: various temperature ranges are thought to be associated with different systemic states, involving, to some extent, specific ionic distributions as well as alternative enzyme and metabolic patterns.

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Wieser, W. (1973). Temperature Relations of Ectotherms: A Speculative Review. In: Wieser, W. (eds) Effects of Temperature on Ectothermic Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65703-0_1

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