(of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
Compare stenothermal
Examples of 'eurythermal' in a sentence
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The reported effects of temperature on hearing in eurythermal otophysines are contradictory.
Isabelle Pia Maiditsch, Friedrich Ladich 2014, 'Effects of temperature on auditory sensitivity in eurythermal fishes: common carpCyprinus carpio (Family Cyprinidae) versus Wels catfish Silurus glanis (family Siluridae).',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177911?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In spite of the eurythermal nature of the meroplanktonic species, they were more common duringcold years (1990 and 1995).
Emmanuelle Buecher, Mark John Gibbons 2000, 'Interannual variation in the composition of the assemblages of medusae and ctenophoresin St. Helena Bay, Southern Benguela Ecosystem', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/800. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)