a Centro de Investigación Cientifica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, (C.I.C.E.S.E.), Departmento de Acuicultura, Av. Espinoza 843, Ensenada, Baja California 22830, Mexico
b Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, (I.I.O.) Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Apartado Postal 453, Ensenada, Baja California 22800, México
Abstract:
1. 1. In a diel cycle Procambarus clarkii has two preferred temperatures: 24.0 ± 0.15 SEM °C during the day and 26.7 ± 0.13 SEM °C at night.
2. 2. The preferred temperatures are independent from the weight of the organisms.
3. 3. In the photophase the animals are dispersed, in the scotophase they congregate.
4. 4. The crawfish seem to feed during the thermal interphases.
5. 5. Animals in a constantly dark condition maintain a diel preferendum of temperature.
Author Keywords: Diel thermoregulation; Procambarus clarkii