EVOLUTION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE WITHIN A CLOSED CHAMBER USED FOR ENTOMOLOGICAL STUDIES
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 119 (10) , 893-900
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent119893-10
Abstract
A simple experimental device has been described for controlling relative humidity (RH) using saturated salt solutions. This device was suitable for studies requiring a 14–82% RH (± 3%) at 27 ± 0.7°C. The RH and temperature set points were not affected by the presence of grasshoppers. Perturbations of 1.5 min due to daily insect provisioning introduced a 9- to 60-min disturbance of the RH and temperature equilibria in the chambers containing NaCl and LiCl, and a 7.5-h disturbance in the MgCl2 chamber.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER, MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES (FAB.) (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE), TO BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (BALS.) VUILLEMIN (HYPHOMYCETE): INFLUENCE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITYThe Canadian Entomologist, 1987
- A CHAMBER FOR STUDYING THE EFFECT OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SOIL MOISTURE ON INSECT EGGSThe Canadian Entomologist, 1968
- The control of conditioning atmospheres by saturated salt solutionsJournal of Scientific Instruments, 1962
- Saturated Solutions For the Control of Humidity in Biological ResearchEcology, 1960
- AN APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ON GERMINATION OF FUNGOUS SPORESCanadian Journal of Botany, 1955
- Relative humidity-temperature relationships of some saturated salt solutions in the temperature range 0 degree to 50 degrees CJournal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 1954
- Solutions for Maintaining Constant Relative HumidityIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry, 1949
- The Control of Humidity by Saturated Salt SolutionsJournal of Scientific Instruments, 1948