Abstract

All metabolic rates of zooplankton are dependent on temperature. Rates generally rise in a linear fashion, with inflection points when plotted on a semi-log scale, and fall at higher temperatures. The upper limits of thermal tolerance for two species of copepods from Chesapeake Bay were found to be near the normal temperature of the habitat during the summer. Acclimation temperature had little effect on the upper limits of thermal tolerance.

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