Why are ‘suboptimal’ temperatures preferred in a tropical intertidal ectotherm?

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

• Temperature 87%
• Snail 75%
• Risk 50%
• Coolers 25%
• Environment 25%
• Organisms 25%
• Ectotherm 25%
• Laboratories 12%
• Heart Rate 12%
• Habitats 12%
• Locomotion 12%
• Autocorrelation 12%
• Body Temperature 12%
• Fields 12%
• Mortality 12%
• Variability 12%

Engineering

• Temperature 100%
• Performance 37%
• Temporal Variation 37%
• Thermal Performance 37%
• Performance Curve 25%
• Risk Averse 12%
• Laboratories 12%
• Divergence 12%
• Environment 12%
• Mechanisms 12%
• Long Period 12%
• Failure (Mechanical) 12%
• Fields 12%
• Environmental Condition 12%
• Heat Stress 12%
• Rocky Shore 12%
• Extreme Environment 12%
• Thermal Stress 12%

Psychology

• Temperature 87%
• Environmental Condition 12%
• Locomotion 12%
• Preference 12%
• Body Temperature 12%