Ion regulatory patterns of mosquito larvae collected from breeding sites in the Amazon rain forest

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-222

  Patrick, Marjorie L ^a   Ferreira, Ruth L ^a   Gonzalez, Richard J ^a   Wood, Chris M ^a   Wilson, Rod W ^a   Bradley, Timothy J ^a   Val, Adalberto L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; SODIUM;

IONIC COMPOSITION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HEMOLYMPH; ION TRANSPORT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; BRAZIL; CHLORIDES; CULICIDAE; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT; LARVA; SODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMATUS; LIMATUS DURHAMII; TOXORHYNCHITES;

EID: 0036587106     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342004     Document Type: Article

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