POIKIL OTHER MIC ADAPTATIONS 



POIKILOTHERM 



Initial 



Metabolism 



Temp, 



TEMP. 



Figure 2. Schematic representation of temperature relations In a poikilotherm. 

 Metabolism decreases more steeply than body temperature. Acclimation results in 

 a rise in metabolism at lowtemperatureanda fall at high temperature, thus tending 

 toward relative constancy of metabolism as the environmental temperature changes. 



