Rising water temperatures in rivers due to climate change are already having observable
impacts on river ecosystems. Warming water has both direct and indirect impacts on aquatic …

The gill-oxygen limitation theory (GOLT) provides mechanisms for key aspects of the biology
(food conversion efficiency, growth and its response to temperature, the timing of maturation …

Abstract Changes in temperature, oxygen content and other ocean biogeochemical
properties directly affect the ecophysiology of marine water-breathing organisms,,. Previous …

Terrestrial ectotherms are likely to face increased periods of heat stress as mean
temperatures and temperature variability increase over the next few decades. Here, we …

Most ectothermic organisms mature at smaller body sizes when reared in warmer
conditions. This phenotypically plastic response, known as the “temperature-size rule”(TSR) …

Over the last decade, numerous studies have investigated the role of oxygen in setting
thermal tolerance in aquatic animals, and there has been particular focus on arthropods …

The use of species traits in basic and applied ecology is expanding rapidly because trait-
based approaches hold the promise to increase our mechanistic understanding of biological …

Climate change effects on marine ecosystems involve various stressors, predominantly
temperature, hypoxia and CO 2, all of which may combine with further anthropogenic …

Geologists and palaeontologists have expressed mixed views about the effects of the end-
Permian mass extinction on continental habitats and on terrestrial life. Current work …

Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems, and
figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and …