Temperature-dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies.
A. A. Shah, H. A. Woods, J. C. Havird, E. C. Encalada, A. S. Flecker, W. C. Funk, J. M. Guayasamin, B. K. Kondratieff, N. L. Poff, S. A. Thomas, K. R. Zamudio, C. K. Ghalambor
This study examines the thermal sensitivity of metabolic rates in tropical and temperate aquatic insects, finding greater sensitivity in tropical mayflies but not stoneflies.
bioRxiv · Dec 25, 2019Ecology