Experimental studies of ice nucleation in an Antarctic springtail (Collembola, Isotomidae)

• Published in: Cryobiology
• Main Authors: Block, William, Worland, M. Roger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Academic Press 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Adelaide Island; Rothera Research Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Springtail; antarcticus; Cryptopygus antarcticus; Springtail
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18383/; http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0011224001923193/1-s2.0-S0011224001923193-main.pdf?_tid=5b9fca6deb77e622a9ca03d5d16c3658&acdnat=1339583632_c27837d3baa08f40ab8c36deb14702e3

Ice nucleation was studied in field-fresh and acclimated (4°C without food for 11–20 days) samples of the springtail Cryptopygus antarcticus Willem (Collembola, Isotomidae) at Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. Ice nucleator activity (INA) was measured by a freezin...