Strategies for regulation of hemolymph pH in acidic and alkaline water by the larval mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera; Culicidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4359-4367

  Clark, Thomas M ^a   Vieira, Marcus A L ^a   Huegel, Kara L ^a   Flury, Dawn ^a   Carper, Melissa ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Hemolymph pH; Larva; Malpighian tubules; Mitochondrial density; Mosquito; pH homeostasis; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ACID; WATER;

AEDES; ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYMPH; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; ORGAN SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM; SALINITY;

ACIDS; AEDES; ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SIZE; RECTUM; SALINITY; WATER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 38149068426     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010694     Document Type: Article

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