Effects of heat stress on the pectoral skeletal muscle of the Antarctic icefish Chionodraco hamatus and the red-blooded Trematomus bernacchii.

Antarctic teleosts are extreme stenotherm species living at temperatures near to sea water freezing point (-1.9 °C), with annual fluctuations of less than 1 °C. Increasing ocean warming exposes all species to stressful conditions, including decreased…

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