Supercooling points and water content in Acari
Supercooling point is correlated with total body water content in a wide range of terrestrial Acari from Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and temperate regions, which have not been cold-hardened by prior exposure to winter low temperatures. This suggests that low water content is itself an important pre-ada...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:517319 2023-12-17T10:20:27+01:00 Supercooling points and water content in Acari Pugh, P.J.A. 1994 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517319/ unknown Elsevier Pugh, P.J.A. 1994 Supercooling points and water content in Acari. Acta Oecologia, 15 (1). 71-77. Publication - Article NonPeerReviewed 1994 ftnerc 2023-11-17T00:03:30Z Supercooling point is correlated with total body water content in a wide range of terrestrial Acari from Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and temperate regions, which have not been cold-hardened by prior exposure to winter low temperatures. This suggests that low water content is itself an important pre-adaptive features conferring considerable cold-hardiness among terrestrial mites. Other physical and behavioural adaptations, for example clearing the gut of potential ice nucleating agents, accumulation of cryoprotectants and behavioural avoidance of low temperatures are considered to be possible secondary adaptations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic |
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Supercooling point is correlated with total body water content in a wide range of terrestrial Acari from Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and temperate regions, which have not been cold-hardened by prior exposure to winter low temperatures. This suggests that low water content is itself an important pre-adaptive features conferring considerable cold-hardiness among terrestrial mites. Other physical and behavioural adaptations, for example clearing the gut of potential ice nucleating agents, accumulation of cryoprotectants and behavioural avoidance of low temperatures are considered to be possible secondary adaptations. |
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Supercooling points and water content in Acari |
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Pugh, P.J.A. 1994 Supercooling points and water content in Acari. Acta Oecologia, 15 (1). 71-77. |
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