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IN analysing the influence of specific environmental factors on growth, it is desirable to study habitats where only a single factor varies. Hot springs provide suitable habitats where temperature is the only variable, so that the relation of temperature to biological development can be measured directly.
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BROCK, T., BROCK, M. Temperature Optima for Algal Development in Yellowstone and Iceland Hot Springs. Nature 209, 733–734 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209733a0
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