Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Ecological Entomology
• Main Author: Block, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Belgica antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524265/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1982.tb00638.x

1. Mean supercooling points of eleven species of arthropods (three Collembola, seven Acari and one Diptera) ranged from ‐6.2 to ‐9.4°C (high group), and from ‐17.7 to ‐31.0°C (low group). The majority of individuals in the high group had food in their gut systems. 2. Freezing was lethal to all speci...