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organs on the head below and in front of the eyes, which are<br />

extremely sensitive thermoreceptors. Each pit is a cavity about 5<br />

mm deep. The sensitivity of the snake to rapid changes of<br />

temperature is 0.002°C. The pit organs also act as a directional<br />

distance receptor.<br />

Fish. Many species of bony fish (teleosts) are sensitive to very<br />

small changes of water temperature - from 0.03°C to 0.07°C.<br />

Practically the entire surface of the fish, including the fins, is<br />

thermosensitive. Likewise, elasmobranchs, such as rays and<br />

sharks, have distinctive sense organs, called ampullae of Lorenzini,<br />

that are highly sensitive to cooling.<br />

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14.4. EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON PLANTS<br />

Plants can survive a broad range of atmospheric temperatures ­<br />

from -S9°C to 5SoC (even to about 70 DC in desert areas). Most<br />

species, however, have a much more limited temperature range,<br />

generally from somewhat above freezing to around 40°C.<br />

Temperature extremes have distinct effects on plants. High<br />

temperatures cause increased respiration (sometimes above the<br />

rate of photosynthesis) and transpiration. A common response to<br />

Fig. 14.3. A pair<br />

of facial pits in<br />

rattlesnake which<br />

play role of the<br />

infrared receptors<br />

_.<br />

Brain<br />

Optic nerve<br />

Nostril<br />

Olfactory<br />

nerve<br />

Forked<br />

tongue<br />

~Locationof the<br />

jacobson' organ<br />

r<br />

"'it! \ Air space<br />

~~ (\=Pit membrane<br />

-Pit opening<br />

Sensory nerve Heat-sensitive nerve ending<br />

high temperature in plants is a marked change in the pattern of<br />

protein synthesis. High temperatures cause damage to the cells<br />

and tissues and low temperatures can result in poor growth,' reduce<br />

energy use and increase sugar storage. Photosynthesis decreases<br />

with decreasing temperature. Low temperature injury to tropical<br />

and subtropical plants (chilling injury) results in wilting,<br />

inhibited growth, germination and reproduction, and death. The<br />

universal result of freezing is membrane damage while extracellular<br />

freezing (i.e., water external to the plasma membrane) damage<br />

causes rapid dehydration of the cells.<br />

Flowering depends on the temperature and in some species<br />

can be partially triggered by temperature.<br />

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