Freezing or supercooling: How does an aquatic subterranean crustacean survive exposures at subzero temperatures?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3469-3475

  Issartel, Julien ^a   Voituron, Yann ^b   Odagescu, Valentina ^c   Baudot, Anne ^c   Guillot, Geneviève ^d   Ruaud, Jean Pierre ^d   Renault, David ^e   Vernon, Philippe ^e   Hervant, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Laboratoire Souterrain du CNRS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bound water; Cold acclimation; Crustaceans; Crystallisation temperature; Epigean; Freezing tolerance; Glycogen; Ice content; Inoculative freezing; Subterranean

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; NIPHARGUS RHENORHODANENSIS;

EID: 33749557645     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02387     Document Type: Article

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