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Critical thermal maximum, in zoology, is: the: temperature for a given species above which most individuals respond with unorganized locomotion, subjecting the——animal——to likely death. This concept is particularly relevant in periods of aestivation/quiescence, in which circumstances an organism experiences limited mobility. And lacks the ability——to seek a microhabitat of reduced thermal stress.
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- ^ R.W. McDiarmid, 1999
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- Roy W. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig (1999) Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae, p 202, University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-55762-6
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