Temperature as a Proximate Factor in Orientation Behavior

Abstract

Compilation of temperature preference data. J. Fish. Res. Board Can.34: 139-74s.This report briefly summarizes current informaticn from field and laboratory studies on temperature selection by fishes, with a tabulation of final temperature preferenda and upper and lower avoidance temperatures.On 16sume bribvement dans cet article les connaissances courantes acquises sur le terrain et en laboratoire sur le choix des temp6ratures par les poissons, avec tabulation des temp6ratures pr6f6r6es finales et des temp6ratures d'6vitement sup6rieures et inf6rieures.

Feel the heat: Activation, orientation, and feeding responses of bed bugs to targets at different temperatures

“…Heat is a common sensory cue used across diverse taxa, from microscopic organisms such as bacteria (Paster and Ryu, 2008) and protozoans (Poff and Skokut, 1977) to a wide range of animals including insects (Dillon et al, 2009), fish (Reynolds, 1977), reptiles (De Cock Buning, 1983) and mammals (Leonard, 1974). Heat cues serve a multitude of functions, such as indicating the presence of appropriate habitats (Graham, 1958;Holsapple and Florentine, 1972;Leonard, 1974), signaling the need to initiate estivation (Finch and Collier, 1985) and mediating orientation to hosts (Bullock and Cowles, 1952;Lazzari and Núñez, 1989b;Lees, 1948;Peterson and Brown, 1951), prey (De Cock Buning, 1983) and thermogenic flowers (Ivancic et al, 2008;Seymour and Schultze-Motel, 1997;Wang and Zhang, 2015).…”

The effect of cold acclimation on the temperature preference of the goldfish, Carassius auratus, and the brown bullhead, Ictalurus nebulosus

“…The fish acclimated to warmer temperatures managed temperature increase rates of almost 0.6 °c/minute. In runs 24-1, 15-2, 7-3 and 3-5, this increase brought the fish to a point near the final preferendum, reported variously at 27 -31°C in a review by Reynolds (1977). Fish acclimated at 3°C for less than two days moved toward their final preferendum without substantially altering this steep rate of increase.…”

Temperature selection and critical thermal maxima of the fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare, and johnny darter, E. nigrum, related to habitat and season

“…Investigators have determined preferred temperatures of laboratory animals by two methods; the acute thermal preferendum (obtained within two hours or less after animals have been placed in a gradient), and the final temperature preferendum (obtained after 24 to 96 h in a gradient) (Reynolds & Casterlin 1979). For recent reviews of the literature see: Precht et al (1973), Coutant (1977), Reynolds (1977), Spotila et al (1979), Hutchison & Maness (1979) and Cherry & Cairns (1982).…”