| dc.creator | Hernández-Rodríguez,Mónica | |
| dc.creator | Bückle-Ramirez,L. Fernando | |
| dc.date | 2010-01-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-03T13:27:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-03T13:27:04Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2010000300007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/87676 | |
| dc.description | Poecilia sphenops was acclimated to two thermal fluctuations, each following a symmetrical and asymmetrical cycle. The critical maximum temperatures of the fish were significantly different (P < 0.001) between the thermal fluctuations: 40°C for the 20-29°C thermal cycle and exceeding 42°C for the 26-35°C cycles. Fish acclimated to the 20-29°C thermal cycle were more resistant to cold, with a critical thermal minimum of 10°C, unlike specimens of the 26-35°C regime, with a critical minimum of 11.7°C. In both cycles, the upper incipient lethal temperature interval was 38.8 to 39.5°C and the lower incipient lethal temperature interval was 10.8 to 11.8°C. Females preferred temperatures between 30 and 31°C, in all but the 26-35°C symmetric cycles. Males preferred a temperature between 23.8 and 24.2°C (symmetrical cycle). The high and low avoidance temperatures of male and female fish acclimated to the 20-29°C cycle were, respectively, 14 and 16°C, compared to the 26-35°C treatment, in which case these values were 8.4 and 11.4°C. The results indicate that P. sphenops is perfectly adapted to the marked seasons of rain and drought of their habitat. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0718-560X2010000300007 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Latin american journal of aquatic research v.38 n.3 2010 | |
| dc.subject | thermal fluctuations | |
| dc.subject | behaviour | |
| dc.subject | fishes | |
| dc.subject | Poecilia sphenops | |
| dc.title | Preference, tolerance and resistance responses of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (Pisces: Poeciliidae) to thermal fluctuations | |
