Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 5 January 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5808, p. 14
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5808.14f
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

This Week in Science

A comparison of field observations and laboratory data on the eelpout (a North Sea and Baltic Sea fish species) by Pörtner and Knust (p. 95; see the Perspective by Wang and Overgaard) has revealed a mismatch between tissue oxygen supply and temperature-dependent oxygen demand that is causing a loss of species abundance during hot summers. Temperature-dependent constraints in oxygen supply are likely to affect many functions, including behavior, growth, reproduction, and interaction with other species, and thereby influence the long-term fate of populations and species in various climates.




To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)