Osmoregulation in Onymacris rugatipennis, a free-ranging tenebrionid beetle from the Namib Desert

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 873-885

  Naidu, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Namib Desert; Onymacris rugatipennis rugatipennis; Osmoregulation; Tenebrionidae; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SUGAR;

BEETLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; LYMPH LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REHYDRATION;

COLEOPTERA; ONYMACRIS; ONYMACRIS RUGATIPENNIS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0034969099     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00352-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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