Hypoxic coma as a strategy to survive inundation in a salt-marsh inhabiting spider

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-445

  Pétillon, Julien ^a,c   Montaigne, William ^a   Renault, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Interspecific comparison; Salt marsh; Stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOXIA; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALTMARSH; SPIDER; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; IMMERSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ARANEAE; ARCTOSA; ARTHROPODA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA LUGUBRIS;

EID: 67749147216     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0127     Document Type: Article

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