Metabolic Changes during Estivation in the Common Earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa
Metabolic Changes during Estivation in the Common Earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
United States: The University of Chicago Press
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
United States: The University of Chicago Press
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The common earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa survives drought by
forming estivation chambers in the topsoil under even very slight reductions in
soil water activity. We induced estivation in a soil of a consistency that
allowed the removal of intact soil estivation chambers containing a single worm.
These estivation chambers were expose...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Metabolic Changes during Estivation in the Common Earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733887511
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733887511
Other Identifiers
ISSN
1522-2152
E-ISSN
1537-5293
DOI
10.1086/651459
