The hyperoxic switch: Assessing respiratory water loss rates in tracheate arthropods with continuous gas exchange

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4463-4471

  Lighton, John R B ^a   Schuman, Pablo E ^b   Holway, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular permeability; Drosophila melanogaster; Forelius mccooki; Gas exchange; Pogonomyrmex californicus; Water loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORELIUS MCCOOKI; FORMICIDAE; MELANOGASTER; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 11444260283     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01284     Document Type: Article

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