Evidence for anaerobic metabolism in the larval tiger beetle, Phaeoxantha klugii (Col. Cicindelidae) from a Central Amazonian floodplain (Brazil)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-488

  Zerm, Matthias ^a   Walenciak, Oliver ^b   Val, Adalberto L ^c   Adis, Joachim ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine; Anaerobiosis; Anoxia; Free sugar; Glycogen; Inundation; Lactate

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BEETLE; FLOODING; METABOLISM;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PHAEOXANTHA;

EID: 10344258603     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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