Inoculative freezing and the problem of winter survival for freshwater macroinvertebrates

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 635-650

  Frisbie, Malcolm Pratt ^a   Lee Jr , Richard E ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Crystallization temperature; Freezing point; Ice encasement; Ice nucleation; Melting point; Supercooling; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; OVERWINTERING; SUPERCOOLING; SURVIVAL;

AGABUS DISINTEGRATUS; ANIMALIA; BELOSTOMA FLUMINEUM; BELOSTOMATIDAE; BIVALVIA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; FONTINALIS; HEPTAGENIIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HIPPODAMIA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENT; ILYBIUS OBLITUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LIRCEUS FONTINALIS; SPHAERIUM; SPHAERIUM SP.; STENONEMA FEMORATUM;

EID: 0030985389     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468150     Document Type: Article

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