Effect of Temperature on Sprint Performance in the Frog Xenopus laevis and the Salamander Necturus maculosus
- 10 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Ichthyology & Herpetology
- Vol. 1982 (3), 695-698
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1444671
Abstract
Sprint performance is strongly temperature dependent in the mudpuppy N. maculosus and the African clawed frog X. laevis. In experiments designed to control the effects of physical training and temperature acclimation on sprint performance, the time to swim 1.5 m was lowest at 15.degree. C in Necturus and at 27.degree. C in Xenopus, and increased as temperature was either raised or lowered from these optima. These temperatures are similar to those selected by these species in laboratory thermal gradients. [Sprint performance is probably a better index than endurance of the ability of these animals to capture prey and to avoid predation.].This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Diel activity and thermoregulatory behavior of a fully aquatic frog: Xenopus laevisHydrobiologia, 1980
- Aerobic and Anaerobic Scope for Activity in the Giant Toad, Bufo marinusPhysiological Zoology, 1980
- Melatonin and chlorpromazine: Thermal selection in the mudpuppy,Life Sciences, 1979
- Effect of temperature on post‐activity oxygen consumption in lunged and lungless salamandersJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1978
- Seasonal aerobic and anaerobic metabolism at rest and during activity in the salamander Taricha torosaComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 1977
- A Model of the Dynamic Exchanges of Water and Energy between a Terrestrial Amphibian and Its EnvironmentEcological Monographs, 1976
- A Preliminary Review of the Thermal Requirements of AmphibiansEcology, 1963