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| Given a change of a single parameter, a readjustment of the physiology of an organism, reaching a new steady state |
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| (Gonad dry mass)/(total tissue dry mass) |
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| The surplus of energy available for growth beyond that required for maintenance |
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| The movement of pure water across a membrane from a compartment with relatively low dissolved ions to a compartment with higher concentrations of dissolved ions |
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| A measure of protein synthesis or vigor of growth-activity; amount of DNA in a cell is constant whereas amount of RNA varies |
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| The net movement of units of a substance from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration of that substance |
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| The value of a given experimental variable required to cause 50 percent mortality |
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| Compounds including amino acids and urea that are used in osmoregulation |
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| Organisms who rely on internal (metabolic) heat production to maintain relatively high body temperatures |
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| When blood pH decreases, the ability of hemoglobin to bind to oxygen decreases; an adaption to release oxygen in the oxygen-starved tissues in capillariues where respiratory carbon dioxide lowers blood pH |
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| Organism whose body temperatures are determined primarily by external thermal conditions |
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| Organism that maintain relatively stable body temperatures |
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| Organism whose body temperature conforms to external conditions |
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| Light emission, often as flashes, by many marine organisms |
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| A biological device where heat is conserved by moving fluids through adjacent circulatory vessels in opposite directions |
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| Proteins that are produced under heat stress and reduce the unfolding of functioning enzymes |
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| Protein found in all eukaryotic cells that can remove degrading proteins |
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