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Temperature Relations
Chapter 4
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Outline• Microclimates• Aquatic Temperatures• Temperature and Animal Performance• Extreme Temperature and Photosynthesis• Temperature and Microbial Activity• Balancing Heat Gain Against Heat Loss• Body Temperature Regulation
Plants Ectothermic Animals Endothermic Animals
• Surviving Extreme Temperatures
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Microclimates
• Macroclimate: Large scale weather variation.• Microclimate: Small scale weather variation,
usually measured over shorter time period. Altitude
Higher altitude - lower temperature. Aspect
Offers contrasting environments. Vegetation
Ecologically important microclimates.
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Microclimates• Ground Color
Darker colors absorb more visible light.• Boulders / Burrows
Create shaded, cooler environments.
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Aquatic Temperatures
• Specific Heat Absorbs heat without changing
temperature. 1 cal energy to heat 1 cm3 of water 1o C.
Air - .0003 cal• Latent Heat of Evaporation
1 cal can cool 580 g of water.• Latent Heat of Fusion
1 g of water gives off 80 cal as it freezes.• Riparian Areas: An area that vegetation grow
in it (ex. Plants grows a side of the river)
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Aquatic Temperatures
• Riparian vegetation influences stream temperature by providing shade.
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Temperature and Animal Performance• Biomolecular Level
Most enzymes have rigid, predictable shape at low temperatures
Low temperatures cause low reaction rates, while excessively high temperatures destroy the shape.
Baldwin and Hochachka studied the influence of temperature on performance of acetylcholinesterase in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) neurons.
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Fig. 4.8
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Extreme Temperatures and Photosynthesis
• Photosynthesis
6CO2 + 12H2O C6H12O6 + 6CO2 + 6H20
Extreme temperatures usually reduce rate of photosynthesis.
Different plants have different optimal temperatures.
Acclimation: Physiological changes in response to temperature.
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Optimal Photosynthetic Temperatures
11Fig. 4.10
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Temperature and Microbial Activity
• Morita studied the effect of temperature on population growth among psychrophilic marine bacteria around Antarctica. Grew fastest at 4o C. Some growth recorded in temperatures as
cold as - 5.5o C.• Some thermophilic microbes have been
found to grow best in temperatures as hot as 110o C.
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Optimal Growth Temperatures
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Balancing Heat Gain Against Heat Loss
• HS = Hm Hcd Hcv Hr - He
HS = Total heat stored in an organism
Hm = Gained via metabolism
Hcd = Gained / lost via conduction
Hcv = Gained / lost via convection
Hr = Gained / lost via electromag. radiation
He = Lost via evaporation
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Heat Exchange Pathways
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Body Temperature Regulation
• Poikilotherms Body temperature varies directly with
environmental temperature.• Ectotherms
Rely mainly on external energy sources.• Endotherms
Rely heavily on metabolic energy. Homeotherms maintain a relatively
constant internal environment.
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Temperature Regulation by Plants
• Desert Plants: Must reduce heat storage. Hs = Hcd Hcv Hr
To avoid heating, plants have (3) options: Decrease heating via conduction (Hcd).
Increase conductive cooling (Hcv).
Reduce radiative heating (Hr).
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Temperature Regulation by Plants
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Temperature Regulation by Plants
• Arctic and Alpine Plants Two main options to stay warm:
Increase radiative heating (Hr). Decrease Convective Cooling (Hcv).
• Tropic Alpine Plants Rosette plants generally retain dead
leaves, which insulate and protect the stem from freezing.
Thick pubescence increases leaf temperature.
20Fig. 4.15
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Temperature Regulation by Ectothermic Animals
• Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Metabolizable energy intake maximized at
33ºC Preferred temperature closely matches the
temperature at which metabolizable energy intake is maximized
• Grasshoppers Some species can adjust for radiative
heating by varying intensity of pigmentation during development.
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Temperature Regulation by Endothermic Animals
• Thermal neutral zone is the range of environmental temperatures over which the metabolic rate of a homeothermic animal does not change. Breadth varies among endothermic
species.
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Thermal Neutral Zones
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Temperature Regulation by Endothermic Animals
• Swimming Muscles of Large Marine Fish Lateral swimming muscles of many fish
(Mackerel, Sharks, Tuna) are well supplied with blood vessels that function as countercurrent heat-exchangers.
Keep body temperature above that of surrounding water.
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Countercurrent Heat Exchange
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Temperature Regulation by Endothermic Animals
• Warming Insect Flight Muscles Bumblebees maintain temperature of
thorax between 30o and 37o C regardless of air temperature.
Sphinx moths (Manduca sexta) increase thoracic temperature due to flight activity.
Thermoregulates by transferring heat from the thorax to the abdomen
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Moth Circulation and Thermoregulation
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Temperature Regulation by Thermogenic Plants
• Almost all plants are poikilothermic ectotherms. Plants in family Araceae use metabolic
energy to heat flowers. Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
stores large quantities of starch in large root, and then translocate it to the inflorescence where it is metabolized thus generating heat.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage
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Surviving Extreme Temperatures
• Inactivity Seek shelter during extreme periods.
• Reducing Metabolic Rate Hummingbirds enter a state of torpor
when food is scarce and night temps are extreme.
Hibernation - Winter Estivation - Summer
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Fig. 4.31
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Review• Microclimates• Aquatic Temperatures• Temperature and Animal Performance• Extreme Temperature and Photosynthesis• Temperature and Microbial Activity• Balancing Heat Gain Against Heat Loss• Body Temperature Regulation
Plants Ectothermic Animals Endothermic Animals
• Surviving Extreme Temperatures
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