acclimatization

Examples of acclimatize

acclimatize
Prior to the experiment, fish were allowed to acclimatize for 2 months.
The plants require slow, progressive changes in order to acclimatize to fluctuations of humidity and temperature and invasion by bacteria and fungi22.
However, fish seem to acclimatize to cages over a short time.
Rabbits were acclimatized for 5-7 days prior to inoculation.
The fish were allowed to recover from capture and acclimatized for 2 weeks while fed several times a day with artificial food.
Eels were allowed to acclimatize for 2 weeks prior to the experimental procedure.
Snails were gradually acclimatized over several days to the required temperature to avoid thermal shock.
The collected gammarids were transported to the laboratory into buckets of lake water, where they were acclimatized over a few hours to room temperature.
These two containers were placed side-by-side against a white background and the amphipods were given 10 min to acclimatize before filming started.
This period enabled the birds to acclimatize to their new environment and to ensure that there was no residual effect of the anthelmintic.
The flexibility of plant bioenergetics helps plants to acclimatize to environmental stresses.
Their bodies acclimatized to the tropical sun, they have a "considerably deeper" eye socket (to cope with glare) and "considerably colder" skin (2: 11).
They were allowed to acclimatize to the new area for 5- 6 days before being exposed to constant darkness for 9 days.
Infected snails and test solutions were acclimatized to each experimental temperature as required.
Lean individuals acclimatize to heat more effectively than those who are obese and the increase in body size during pregnancy could be detrimental.
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