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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 209, Issue 13, Pages 2409-2419Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02257
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heat-budget model; intertidal zone; thermal limits; limpet; Lottia gigantean; heat stress
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Living at the interface between the marine and terrestrial environments, intertidal organisms may serve as a bellwether for environmental change and a test of our ability to predict its biological consequences. However, current models do not allow us to predict the body temperature of intertidal organisms whose heat budgets are strongly affected by conduction to and from the substratum. Here, we propose a simple heat-budget model of one such animal, the limpet Lottia gigantea, and test the model against measurements made in the field. Working solely from easily measured physical and meteorological inputs, the model predicts the daily maximal body temperatures of live limpets within a fraction of a degree, suggesting that it may be a useful tool for exploring the thermal biology of limpets and for predicting effects of climate change. The model can easily be adapted to predict the temperatures of chitons, acorn barnacles, keyhole limpets, and encrusting animals and plants.
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