Transmembrane ion distribution during recovery from freezing in the woolly bear caterpillar Pyrrharctia isabella (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1154-1162

  Boardman, Leigh ^a   Terblanche, John S ^a   Sinclair, Brent J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equilibrium potential; Freeze tolerance; Ion homeostasis; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

CATION; WATER;

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CATERPILLAR; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FREEZING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; ION; MEMBRANE; MORTALITY; OSMOSIS; THAWING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONVALESCENCE; FREEZING; HEMOLYMPH; HOMEOSTASIS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATIONS; FREEZING; HEMOLYMPH; HOMEOSTASIS; LARVA; MOTHS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WATER;

ARCTIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRRHARCTIA ISABELLA;

EID: 79961028058     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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