Thermal acclimation of light-use characteristics ofChondrus crispus(Rhodophyta)

Thermal acclimation of ecosystem CO2 fluxes

Effects of climate warming and declining species richness in grassland model ecosystems: acclimation of CO2 fluxes S. Vicca, P. Serrano-Ortiz, H. J. De Boeck, C. M. H. M. Lemmens, I. Nijs, R. Ceulemans, A. S. Kowalski, and I. A. Janssens Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (Campus Drie Eiken), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium D...

Use of light in seed potato storage

Generalist–specialist trade-off during thermal acclimation

The shape of performance curves and their plasticity define how individuals and populations respond to environmental variability. In theory, maximum performance decreases with an increase in performance breadth. However, reversible acclimation may counteract this generalist-specialist trade-off, because performance optima track environmental conditions so that there is no benefit of generalist ...

Thermal acclimation in a crustacean neuromuscular system.

1. Effects of temperature on the muscle fibre membrane and synapses of stretcher muscle preparations made from autotomized limbs of the Pacific shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes) were investigated. 2. Acclimation of the crabs to different temperatures modified properties of both muscle fibre membrane and synapses. 3. Increased temperature produced an increase in membrane potential of the muscl...

Does declining carbon-use efficiency explain thermal acclimation of soil respiration with warming?

Enhanced soil respiration in response to global warming may substantially increase atmospheric CO2 concentrations above the anthropogenic contribution, depending on the mechanisms underlying the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. Here, we compared short-term and seasonal responses of soil respiration to a shifting thermal environment and variable substrate availability via laboratory ...