Title
Intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance and acclimation capacity in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - physiological implications for climate change
Author(s)
Stitt, B. C., G. Burness, K. A. Burgomaster, S. Currie, J. L. McDermid, and C. C. Wilson
Published
2014
Publisher
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Abstract
Cold-water fishes are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to thermal stress and habitat loss from increasing water temperatures. Although the long-term persistence of cold-adapted species will depend on their ability to cope with and adapt to changing thermal conditions, very little is known about the scope and variation of thermal tolerance within and among species’ populations and evolutionary lineages. This study examines the upper thermal tolerance and capacity for acclimation in three captive populations of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) from different ancestral thermal environments. It further analyses how populations of brook trout will cope with the changing climate.
Full Citation
Stitt, B. C., G. Burness, K. A. Burgomaster, S. Currie, J. L. McDermid, and C. C. Wilson. 2014. Intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance and acclimation capacity in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis): physiological implications for climate change. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87:15-29.

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