Acute, diel, and annual temperature variability and the thermal biology of ectotherms

BJ Kefford, CK Ghalambor, B Dewenter… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming is increasing mean temperatures and altering temperature variability at
multiple temporal scales. To better understand the consequences of changes in thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline matters: Challenges and implications of different marine heatwave baselines

KE Smith, AS Gupta, D Amaya, JA Benthuysen… - Progress in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Marine heatwaves (MHWs), prolonged periods of unusually high ocean temperatures,
significantly impact global ecosystems. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the …

Excess mortality of infected ectotherms induced by warming depends on pathogen kingdom and evolutionary history

J Li, N Guttmann, GC Drew, TE Hector, J Wolinska… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is causing extreme heating events and can lead to more infectious disease
outbreaks, putting species persistence at risk. The extent to which warming temperatures …

Genetic background and thermal regime influence adaptation to novel environment in the seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus

ER Ivimey-Cook, C Piani, WT Hung… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is associated with the increase in both the mean and variability of thermal
conditions. Therefore, the use of more realistic fluctuating thermal regimes is the most …

Rapid Adaption but Genetic Diversity Loss of a Globally Distributed Diatom in the Warmer Ocean

L Cheng, X Xu, M Wang, DZ Wang - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have demonstrated that marine phytoplankton can adapt to the warmer
environment. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we …

A multiple baseline approach for marine heatwaves

L Giménez, M Boersma… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves and other extreme temperature events can drive biological responses,
including mass mortality. However, their effects depend on how they are experienced by …

Appendage pigmentation and temperature acclimation correlate with survival during acute heat stress in the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea xamachana

ME Maloney, KM Buckley, ME Strader - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.) are highly tolerant to multiple abiotic
stressors, including fluctuating temperatures associated with shallow marine habitats. This …

Stress exposure of evolved bacteriophages under laboratory versus food processing conditions highlights challenges in translatability

M Gomez, A Szewczyk, J Szamosi, V Leung, C Filipe… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages, are highly potent, target-specific antimicrobials.
Bacteriophages can be safely applied along the food production chain to aid control of …

Phenotypic plasticity and the effects of thermal fluctuations on specialists and generalists

S Jacob, L Dupont, B Haegeman… - …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Classical theories predict that relatively constant environments should generally favour
specialists, while fluctuating environments should be selected for generalists. However …

Warmer is better for evolutionary rescue, driving a warm-to-cold bias in habitat colonization dynamics

DH Zhou, QG Zhang - Proceedings B, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Evolutionary rescue occurs when populations survive lethal environmental stresses through
the rising and fixation of tolerant genotypes. Temperature has long been believed to …