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Thermal Plasticity in Marine Organisms
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Salinas, Santiago Jayasundara, Nishad |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Temperature is one of the most important environmental variables in the life of organisms. It shapes physiology, life history, ecology, and community structure. This chapter explores how temperature affects plasticity -the ability of a single genotype to produce different phenotypes when exposed to different environments, a ubiquitous phenomenon. We start by discussing the thermal performance curve, which has been used extensively to describe organismal performance in relation to temperature, and acknowledge the practical issues that should not be ignored when thinking about (and using) thermal performance curves. We then summarize the cellular processes that are involved in coping with thermal stress and help determine critical thermal extremes, including the rate of biochemical reactions, the integrity of macromolecular structures, and the solubility of small molecules. Special cases of plasticity, such as developmental plasticity (the capacity of an organism to shape its phenotype based, at least partly, on the early-life environment) and transgenerational plasticity (when the phenotype of the offspring is a function of the offspring and parental environments) are also explored. We close by discussing how plasticity can play a role in adaptation to rare or novel environments, a timely consideration as climate change continues to expose populations to unprecedented conditions. Book Name: Marine Biology A Functional Approach to the Oceans and their Organisms |
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| Ending Page | 348 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| Starting Page | 327 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9780429399244-16 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-12-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Marine Biology A Functional Approach To the Oceans and Their Organisms Plasticity Physiology Structures Stress Thermal Curves Offspring Temperature Adaptation Function |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
