Long-term survival of microscopic animals under desiccation is not so long

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 863-869

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a,b   Bunnefeld, Nils ^b   Westberg, Martin ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Dormancy; Nematoda; Rotifera; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; DESICCATION; LICHEN (ORGANISM); METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DESICCATION; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LICHENS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84866492937     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0828     Document Type: Article

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