Temperature tolerance of some antarctic fishes

George N. Somero; Arhur L. DeVries

doi:10.1126/science.156.3772.257

Temperature tolerance of some antarctic fishes

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Three species of Antarctic fishes which live in constantly near-freezing waters have a markedly low upper-lethal temperature of 6°C; this is the lowest upper-lethal temperature reported for any organism. The fishes survive supercooling to -2.5°C. Data on brain metabolism in vitro support the hypothesis that the central nervous system is a primary site of thermal injury.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	257-258
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	156
Issue number	3772
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.156.3772.257
State	Published - 1967
Externally published	Yes

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