Table 2 Comparison of thermal sensitivity (Q10) among various Trochidae species.

From: Behavioral and physiological responses of Umbonium vestiarium to temperature variation from cold-water discharge of H-OTEC system

Species

Parameter

U. vestiarium (Q10)

Reported Q10 Values

Source

T. aureotincta

Food consumption rate

2.115

3.768

42

Gut passage rate

1.771

0.759

42

T. brunnea

Food consumption rate

2.115

1.542

42

Gut passage rate

1.771

1.042

42

T. funebralis (southern)

Food consumption rate

2.115

2.724

42

Gut passage rate

1.771

1

42

T. funebralis (northern)

Food consumption rate

2.115

1

42

Gut passage rate

1.771

1.054

42

Trochus maculatus

Oxygen consumption rate

2.125

1.9

38

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