Responses to acute and chronic desiccation stress in Enchytraeus (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae)

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

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-123

  Maraldo, Kristine ^a   Ravn, Helle Weber ^a   Slotsbo, Stine ^a   Holmstrup, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body fluid osmolality; Enchytraeus albidus; Enchytraeus crypticus; Osmolytes; Water balance physiology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GERMANY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALANINE; ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DEHYDRATION; GERMANY; GLUCOSE; OLIGOCHAETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS; ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 58649115216     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0305-5     Document Type: Review

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