Stereological determination of tracheal volume and diffusing capacity of the tracheal walls in the stick insect Carausius morosus (Phasmatodea, Lonchodidae)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-218

  Schmitz, Anke ^a   Perry, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BREATHING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; INSECTS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0033361164     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316655     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Bartels H. 1971. Diffusion coefficients and Krogh's diffusion constants. Pp. 21-22 in P.L. Altman and D.S. Dittmer, eds. Respiration and Circulation. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Bethesda, Md.
2. Bridges C.R., P. Kestler, and P. Scheid. 1980. Tracheal volume in the pupa of the saturniid moth Hyalophora cecropia determined with inert gases. Respir Physiol 40:281-291.
3. 2 dissociation of body fluids in the pupa of the silkworm moth, Hyalophora cecropia. Respir Physiol 48:183-197.
4. Buck J. 1962. Some physical aspects of insect respiration. Annu Rev Entomol 7:27-56.
5. 2 release in diapausing Agapema pupae. Biol Bull 109:144-163.
6. Cruz-Orive L.M. and E.R. Weibel. 1990. Recent stereological methods for cell biology: a brief survey. Am J Physiol 258: L148-L156.
7. Duncker H.R. 1971. The lung-air-sac system of birds: a contribution to the functional anatomy of the respiratory apparatus, Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 45:1-71.
8. Gehr P., D.K. Mwangi, A. Ammann, G.M.O. Maloiy, C.R. Taylor, and E.R. Weibel. 1981. Design of the mammalian respiratory system. V. Scaling morphometric pulmonary diffusing capacity to body mass: wild and domestic animals. Respir Physiol 44:61-86.
9. Gundersen H.J.G. and E.B. Jensen. 1987. The efficiency of systematic sampling in stereology and its prediction. J Microsc 147:229-263.
10. Hetz S. 1994. Untersuchungen zu Atmung, Kreislauf und Säure-Basen- Regulation an Puppen der tropischen Schmetterlings-gattungen Ornithoptera, Troides und Attacus. PhD diss. University of Erlangen.
11. Howard C.V. and M.G. Reed. 1998. Unbiased Stereology. Bios Scientific, Oxford.
12. Hughes G.M. 1972. Morphometrics of fish gills. Respir Physiol 14:1-25.
13. Kanwisher J.W. 1966. Tracheal gas dynamics in pupae of the cecropia silkworm. Biol Bull 130:96-105.
14. Kestler P. 1984. Respiration and respiratory water loss. Pp. 137-281 in K.H. Hoffmann, ed. Environmental Physiology and Biochemistry of Insects, Springer, Berlin.
15. Krogh A. 1919. The rate of diffusion of gases through animal tissues, with some remarks on the coefficient of invasion. J Physiol 52:391-408.
16. _. 1920a. Studien über Tracheenrespiration. II. Über Gas-diffusion in den Tracheen. Pflügers Arch Gesamte Physiol Menschen Tiere 179:95-112.
17. _. 1920b. Studien über Tracheenrespiration. III. Die Kombination von mechanischer Ventilation mit Gasdiffusion nach Versuchen an Dytiscuslarven. Pflügers Arch Gesamte Physiol Menschen Tiere 179:113-120.
18. _. 1941. The Comparative Physiology of Respiratory Mechanisms. Dover, New York.
19. Locke M. 1958. The co-ordination of growth in the tracheal system of insects. Q J Microsc Sci 99:373-391.
20. Meyer E.P. 1989. Corrosion casts as a method for investigation of the insect tracheal system. Cell Tissue Res 256:1-6.
21. Michel R.P. and L.M. Cruz-Orive. 1988. Application of the Cavalieri principle and vertical sections method to lung: estimation of volume and pleural surface area. J Microsc 150: 117-136.
22. Noirot C. and C. Noirot-Timothée. 1982. The structure and development of the tracheal system. Pp. 351-381 in R.C. King and H. Akai, eds. Insect Ultrastructure. Vol. 1. Plenum, New York.
23. Nunome Z. 1944a. Studies on the respiration of the silkworm. I. Diffusion of oxygen in the respiratory system of the silkworm. Bull Ser Exp Stn Jpn 12:17-39.
24. _. 1944b. Studies on the respiration of the silkworm. II. Several measurements in the respiratory organ. Bull Ser Exp Stn Jpn 12:41-90.
25. Perry S.F. 1978. Quantitative anatomy of the lungs of the redeared turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans. Respir Physiol 35: 245-262.
26. _. 1981. Morphometric analysis of pulmonary structure: methods for evaluation of unicameral and multicameral lungs. Mikroskopie 38:278-293.
27. _. 1992. Morphometry of vertebrate gills and lungs: a critical review. Pp. 57-77 in S. Egginton and H.F. Ross, eds. Oxygen Transport in Biological Systems. Vol. 51. Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
28. Perry S.F., J. Hein, and E. van Dicken. 1994, Gas exchange morphometry of the lungs of the tokay, Gekko gecko. J Comp Physiol B 164:206-214.
29. Schneiderman H.A. and C.M. Williams. 1955. An experimental analysis of the discontinous respiration of the cecropia silkworm. Biol Bull 112:106-119.
30. Strazny E. and S.F. Perry. 1984. Morphometric diffusing capacity and functional anatomy of the hook lungs in the spider Tegenaria ssp. (Agelenidae). J Morphol 182:339-354.
31. Thorpe W.H. and D.J. Crisp. 1947. Studies on plastron respiration. II. The respiratory efficiency of the plastron in Aphelocheirus. J Exp Biol 24:270-303.
32. Umbreit W.W., R.H. Burris, and J.F. Stauffer. 1964. Manometric Techniques. 4th ed. Burgress, Minneapolis.
33. Weibel E.R. 1970/1971. Morphometric estimation of pulmonary diffusion capacity I. Model and method. Respir Physiol 11:54-75.
34. _. 1984. The Pathway for Oxygen. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
35. Weibel E.R. and B.W. Knight. 1964. A morphometric study on the thickness of the pulmonary air-blood barrier. J Cell Biol 21:367-384.
36. Weis-Fogh T. 1964. Diffusion in insect wing muscle, the most active tissue known. J Exp Biol 41:229-256.
37. Wigglesworth V.B. 1965. The Principles of Insect Physiology, Methuen, London.
38. _. 1983. The physiology of insect tracheoles. Pp. 85-148 in M.J. Berridge, J.E. Treherne, and V.B. Wigglesworth, eds. Advances in Insect Physiology. Vol. 17. Academic Press, London.
39. Wigglesworth V.B. and W.M. Lee, 1982. The supply of oxygen to the flight muscles of insects: a theory of tracheole physiology. Tissue Cell 14:501-518.