Inorganic ion composition in tardigrada: Cryptobionts contain a large fraction of unidentified organic solutes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1235-1243

  Halberg, Kenneth Agerlin ^a   Larsen, Kristine Wulff ^b   Jørgensen, Aslak ^c   Ramløv, Hans ^b   Møbjerg, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryptobiosis; Inorganic ions; Ion chromatography; Nanoliter osmometry; Organic osmolytes; Tardigrade

Indexed keywords

ION;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OSMOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TARDIGRADA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECOSYSTEM; IONS; OSMOMETRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TARDIGRADA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ECHINISCUS TESTUDO; HALOBIOTUS CRISPAE; MACROBIOTUS HUFELANDI; MILNESIUM TARDIGRADUM; RICHTERSIUS CORONIFER; TARDIGRADA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84876109001     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.075531     Document Type: Article

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