Behavioral metabolic suppression confounds thermal performance estimates and climate vulnerability assessments in a marine ectotherm
Cameron Edgar, Henry Penfold, Tanya Martinez, Christopher D. Wells
In an undescribed intertidal Urticina anemone, heat-induced closure suppresses measured respiration, and fitted thermal performance curves place the critical thermal maximum far above the 25-30°C lethal range.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintEcology✦ In-depth digest