High-temperature tolerance in anhydrobiotic tardigrades is limited by glass transition

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 749-755

  Hengherr, S ^a   Worland, M R ^b   Reuner, A ^a   Brummer F ^a   Schill, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CALORIMETRY; DESICCATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVERTEBRATE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INVERTEBRATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; DEHYDRATION; INVERTEBRATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ECHINISCIDAE; EUTARDIGRADA; HETEROTARDIGRADA; MACROBIOTIDAE; MILNESIUM TARDIGRADUM; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 70449822092     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605954     Document Type: Article

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