Hypoxia and lost gills: Respiratory ecology of a temperate larval damselfly

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Sesterhenn, Timothy M ^a   Reardon, Erin E ^b,d   Chapman, Lauren J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Caudal lamellae; Critical oxygen tension; Ischnura posita; Metabolic rate; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAMSELFLY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HYPOXIA; LARVA; METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SATURATION; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; GILL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; ODONATA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; GILLS; LARVA; ODONATA; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ISCHNURA POSITA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84871421963     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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