Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · 1980 · 154 citations · 4 references
Life SciencesEcologyFish BiologyFish EcologyFreshwater EcologyFish Environmental AdaptationFreshwater Fish EcologyHeat AdaptationHeat StressTemperature PhysiologyThermal PhysiologyAquatic Ecosystem ResponsesComparative ThermoregulationCritical Thermal LimitsCritical Thermal MaximumTemperature Effects On FishThermal NichesThermal RegimesWater Temperature Regimes
Critical thermal maxima (CTM) and responses to fluctuating thermal regimes indicate that adult rainbow (Salmo gairdneri), brown (Salmo trutta), and brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) trout species, introduced into the southwestern United States, are as well adapted to elevated water temperature as adult Gila (Salmo gilae) and Arizona (Salmo apache) trout, which are native to that region.
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