Abstract
Recently hatched larvae of the species considered in this paper showed no ability to compensate metabolically for either high or low temperatures. The progressive decline in oxygen consumption with increase in size is, during early life, most pronounced at high temperatures, resulting for a time in a progressive decrease in the acutely measured Q10. Subsequently, with attainment of still larger size, the animal becomes able to make compensatory adjustment for high temperature almost concomitantly with a substantial loss of ability to adjust to low temperature. In general, among post-metamorphosis stages the net effect of these phenomena results in a positive correlation between body size and acutely measured Q10. In this species the ability to acclimate to high temperature is acquired when the wet weight of the animal is about 6.0 to 7.0 g.
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