Survival and energetic costs of repeated cold exposure in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica: A comparison between frozen and supercooled larvae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 806-814

  Teets, Nicholas M ^a   Kawarasaki, Yuta ^b   Lee Jr , Richard E ^b   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic midge; Energy reserves; Freeze tolerance; Heat shock protein; Repeated cold exposure

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREEZING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREEZING; LARVA;

BELGICA ANTARCTICA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 79951804615     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051912     Document Type: Article

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