Freezing and anoxia tolerance of slugs: A metabolic perspective

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 833-840

  Storey, Kenneth B ^a   Storey, Janet M ^a   Churchill, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Arion circumscriptus; Cryoprotection; Deroceras laeve; Deroceras reticulatum; Invertebrate cold hardiness

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXYGEN; SUCCINIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREEZING; GASTROPOD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALANINE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREEZING; GASTROPODA; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXYGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARION CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; DEROCERAS; DEROCERAS LAEVE; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 35448989299     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0179-y     Document Type: Article

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