Warm temperatures, cool sponges: the effect of increased temperatures on the Antarctic sponge Isodictya sp.

Although the cellular and molecular responses to exposure to relatively high temperatures (acute thermal stress or heat shock) have been studied previously, only sparse empirical evidence of how it affects cold-water species is available. As climate change becomes more pronounced in areas such as th...

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Main Authors: Marcelo González-Aravena, Nathan J. Kenny, Magdalena Osorio, Alejandro Font, Ana Riesgo, César A. Cárdenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8088.pdf