Annis, Dr. EricSever, ReidAnn2021-04-262021-04-262021-04http://hdl.handle.net/11603/21379In response to warming water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, this experiment attempts to define the thermal tolerance of Stage IV and Stage V Homarus americanus in order to test for an ontogenetic shift between the tolerances. I measured oxygen consumption in active and resting trials of Stage IV and Stage V Homarus americanus larvae to determine the average aerobic scope of each stage from 4℃ to 32℃. The Stage V larvae had twice the aerobic scope between 6℃ and 16℃ compared to that of the Stage IV’s. This supports the hypothesis that the larvae of H. americanus are more cold tolerant in Stage V.en-USAttribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/Homarus americanusCollection