The effect of desiccation on water management and compartmentalisation in scorpions: The hepatopancreas as a water reservoir

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1887-1894

  Gefen, Eran ^a   Ar, Amos ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Desiccation; Haemolymph; Hepatopancreas; Osmoregulation; Scorpion; Water

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HEMOLYMPH; HEPATOPANCREAS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCORPION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; HEMOLYMPH; HEPATOPANCREAS; LIPID METABOLISM; SCORPIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BUTHIDAE; SCORPIONES; SCORPIONIDAE;

EID: 20444481455     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01568     Document Type: Article

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