Desiccation resistance of two semiterrestrial isopods, Ligia exotica and Ligia taiwanensis (Crustacea) in Taiwan

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Tsai, Min Li ^a   Dai, Chang Feng ^a   Chen, Hon Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body size; Desiccation resistance; Isopod; Ligia exotica; Ligia taiwanensis; Transpiration rate; Water loss rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEA; DESICCATION; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; WATER CONTENT;

LIGIA EXOTICA; LIGIA TAIWANENSIS;

EID: 0344110390     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00438-8     Document Type: Article

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