scholarly journals Temperature and dehydration effects on metabolism, water uptake and the partitioning between respiratory and cutaneous evaporative water loss in a terrestrial toad

2018 ◽  
Vol 221 (24) ◽  
pp. jeb188482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Senzano ◽  
Denis Vieira Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Water Uptake ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water

scholarly journals Unusual Water Flux in the Extracellular Polysaccharide of the Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 5679-5684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Shaw ◽  
Donna R. Hill ◽  
Nicole Brittain ◽  
Debbie J. Wright ◽  
Uwe Täuber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Uptake ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Water Flux ◽  
Extracellular Polysaccharide ◽  
Evaporative Water Loss ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Active Process ◽  
Nostoc Commune ◽  
Evaporative Water ◽  
Structure And Ultrastructure

ABSTRACT The speed of water uptake by desiccated Nostoc commune was found to depend upon the duration of desiccation. The rehydration of desiccated colonies led to marked, time-dependent changes in structure and ultrastructure and fluctuations in the composition of the transcriptome. Physical evaporative water loss is an active process that was influenced by inhibitors of transcription and translation.

Shell Resistance and Evaporative Water Loss from Bird Eggs: Effects of Wind Speed and Egg Size

1981 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Spotila ◽  
Christina J. Weinheimer ◽  
Charles V. Paganelli
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Egg Size ◽  
Evaporative Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water ◽  
Bird Eggs

Scaling of Evaporative Water Loss in Marsupials

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Hinds ◽  
Richard E. MacMillen
Keyword(s):  
Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water

Prevalence of cutaneous evaporation in Merriam's kangaroo rat and its adaptive variation at the subspecific level

2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Tracy ◽  
G.E. Walsberg
Keyword(s):  
Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water ◽  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Merriami ◽  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Mesic Site ◽  
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Cutaneous Evaporation ◽  
Subspecific Level

Previous estimates suggested that ventilatory evaporation constitutes the major source of water loss in kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.). We quantified rates of water loss in Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) and demonstrate the degree to which acclimation to a particular thermal and hydric environment plays a role in the intraspecific variation in water loss evident in this species. We draw the following conclusions: (1) that water loss varies intraspecifically in Merriam's kangaroo rat, in association with habitats of contrasting aridity and temperature; (2) that animals from more xeric locations have lower water loss rates than those from more mesic sites; (3) that most water loss is cutaneous, with ventilatory evaporative water loss contributing, at most, only 44% to total evaporative water loss; and (4) that intraspecific differences in rates of water loss are not acclimatory, but fixed. After acclimating under the same conditions, xeric-site animals still show a 33% lower rate of evaporative water loss than mesic-site animals.

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