Cold hardiness of terrestrial mites at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic

(1) The cold hardiness of four species was studied in respect of supercooling ability, cryoprotective substances, chill-coma temperatures and survival under anaerobiosis. The effects of low temperature acclimation and starvation on cold hardiness were examined experimentally. (2) Mean supercooling p...

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Published in:Oikos
Main Authors: Block, William, Sømme, Lauritz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Nordic Society 1982
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524267/
https://doi.org/10.2307/3544015