Cold tolerance of a New Zealand alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera, Blattidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Block, William ^a   Wharton, David A ^b   Sinclair, Brent J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine; Cockroach; Ecophysiology; Freeze tolerance; Frozen water; New Zealand; Osmotically inactive water

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; COLD TOLERANCE; FREEZING TOLERANCE; SUPERCOOLING;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

BLATTIDAE; CELATOBLATTA QUINQUEMACULATA; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0031887838     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.2310001.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bale, J.S. (1993) Classes of insect cold hardiness. Functional Ecology, 7, 751-753.
2. Bliss, L.C. & Mark, A.F. (1974) High-alpine environments and primary production on the Rock and Pillar Range, Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 12, 445-483.
3. Block, W. (1991) To freeze or not to freeze? Invertebrate survival of sub-zero temperatures. Functional Ecology, 5, 284-290.
4. Block, W. (1994) Differential scanning calorimetry in ecophysiological research. Acta Oecologica, 15, 13-22.
5. Duman, J.G. (1979) Thermal-hysteresis factors in overwintering insects. Journal of Insect Physiology, 25, 805-810.
6. Hamilton, R.L., Mullins, D.E. & Orcutt, D.M. (1985) Freezingtolerance in the woodroach Cryptocercus punctulatus (Scudder). Experientia, 41, 1535-1537.
7. Hansen, T.N. & Baust, J.G. (1988) Differential scanning calorimetric analysis of antifreeze protein activity in the common mealworm, Tenebrio molitor. Biochemica et Biophysica Acta, 957, 217-221.
8. Johns, P.M. (1969) The mountain invertebrate fauna. The Natural History of Canterbury (ed by G. A. Knox.), pp. 391-399. Reed, Wellington, N.Z.
9. Knight, C.A. & Duman, J.G. (1986) Inhibition of recrystallisation of ice by insect thermal hysteresis proteins: a possible cryoprotective role. Cryobiology, 23, 256-262.
10. Knight, C.A., Wen, D. & Laursen, R.A. (1995) Nonequilibrium antifreeze peptides and the recrystallization of ice. Cryobiology, 32, 23-34.
11. Lee, R.E. & Lewis, E.A. (1985) Effect of temperature and duration of exposure on tissue ice formation in the gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera, Tephritidae). Cryo- Letters, 6, 25-34.
12. Ramløv, H., Bedford, J. & Leader, J. (1992) Freezing tolerance of the New Zealand alpine weta, Hemideina maori Hutlon (Orthoptera; Stenopelmatidae). Journal of Thermal Biology, 17, 51-54.
13. Ramløv, H. & Westh, P. (1993) Ice formation in the freeze tolerant alpine weta Hemideina maori Hutton (Orthoptera; Stenopelamtidae). Cryo-Letters, 14, 169-176.
14. Sinclair, B.J. (1997) Seasonal variation in freezing tolerance of the New Zealand alpine cockroach Celablatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Ecological Entomology, 22, 462-467.
15. Storey, K.B. (1990) Biochemical adaptation for cold-hardiness in insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 326, 635-654.
16. Sweeley, C.C., Bentley, R., Makita, M. & Wells, M.M. (1963) Gas-liquid chromatography of trimethylsilyl derivatives of sugars and related substances. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 85, 2497-2507.
17. Wharton, D.A. & McCormick, B. (1993) A computer control system for thermoelectric cooling devices. Cryo-Letters, 14, 353-358.
18. Wilson, P. & Ramløv, R. (1996) Hemolymph ice nucleating proteins for the New Zealand alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology, 112, 535-542.
19. Worland, M.R. (1996) The relationship between water content and cold tolerance in the Arctic collembolan Onychiurus arcticus (Collembola: Onychiuridae). European Journal of Entomology, 93, 341-348.
20. Zachariassen, K.E., Hammel, H.T. & Schmidek, W. (1979) Osmotically inactive water in relation to tolerance to freezing in Eleodes blanchardi beetles. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology, 63A, 203-206.