Oxygen Uptake by Nanorchestes antarcticus (Acari)
- 1 January 1976
- Vol. 27 (2) , 320-323
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3543913
Abstract
O2 comsumption rates of the minute terrestrial mite N. antarcticus Strandtmann were measured at +5.degree. C with a Cartesian diver microrespirometer. Individual respiration rates were in the range 0.156 (deutonymph) to 1.135 (tritonymph) .times. 10-3 .mu.l O2 individual-1h-1. Mean estimated live weights were 1.59-3.57 .mu.g, and metabolic rate was highest in the adult female (367.734 .mu.l O2 g-1h-1) and lowest in the deutonymph (161.045 .mu.l O2 g-1h-1). Results are discussed with reference to other terrestrial mites and cold adaptation.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: