[PDF] Top 20 Water Balance in the Firebrat, Thermobia Domestica (Packard)

... On the other hand, at high humidities, rapid uptake through an open anus by the rectum would swamp the low losses over the general body surface, the barrier to transpiratory water loss r[r] ... See full document

... Rates of loss from living insects in low humidities If the uptake mechanism is involved in the restriction of water loss in low humidities, it should maintain the water potential at the [r] ... See full document

... This reversible arrest of uptake is achieved without altering the constraints on the insect in any way other than shielding the anal region from, or exposing it to, high R.H., a procedur[r] ... See full document

... The concept of recultivation after surface mining in the North-West Bohemian Brown Coal Basin requires studies of water regimes in support of future resto- ration processes. The WBCM-6 hydrological model has been ... See full document

... The accurate measurement of the soil moisture deficit over the entire field has been a problem in the past. During the last season (2004/05), calculation of crop water use from climatic data and the modified ... See full document

... impact of paddy management practices on rice growth, water balance, and water quality.. This 122.[r] ... See full document

... Salmon eggs treated with alcohol to remove the plasma membrane were used to determine the diffusion coefficient, D, for water in the cytoplasm, and untreated eggs to determine the permea[r] ... See full document

... The parallels between these terrestrial arthropods and hatchling painted turtles are apparent. The turtles have a limited capacity for supercooling in late summer (Figs 1, 2), when the gut of these animals is also full. ... See full document

... m=nonnnomM. gp on .Cmgra.[r] ... See full document

... The water defi cit is considered to be signifi cant cause of photosynthesis defects. Measuring of chlorophyll fl uorescence is one of the methods revealing defects in the photosynthetic apparatus. The experiment was ... See full document

... (Monodelphis domestica; Pridmore, 1992), elbow and wrist joint in the potto (Perodicticus potto; Jouffroy et ...f. domestica; Kuhtz-Buschbeck, 1994), or (2) qualitatively single steps only at one or more ... See full document

... Waste Water Treatment Works during the summer low fl ow period, as key sources contributing to nutrient enrichment problems in the river (Yates and Johnes, ... See full document

... higher water content and increased dehydration tolerance, one would still expect these variables to be correlated with desiccation ...more water or better able to tolerate low water content should ... See full document

... drinking water is a main part of hydrology. The water balance studies are focused on quantitative water resource assessment in a particular econom- ic area or river basin [Charalambous, ... See full document

... Although transfer to fresh water results in a rapid decline in the rate of sodium efflux, placing the smolts in intermediate concentrations of sea water has little immediate effect on th[r] ... See full document

... the water balance analysis and its mathematical formulation can be applied as an instrument for the early recognition of environmentally relevant material flux changes in ...for water consumption for ... See full document

... that firebrat scales may have five properties; one is the scale ...net, firebrat removes the scale to escape (scales are regenerated by ...the firebrat from becoming lodged during movement in narrow ... See full document

... Iraq near the Turkish border. In recent years, climate has changed from wet to dry, and the capacity of water storage in the dam reservoir has decreased, therefore; the quantity of water in dam reservoir is ... See full document

... Figure 3 shows the age and residence times of atmospheric water in January and July. In January (Fig. 3a) the age of atmospheric water is relatively low in the Northern Hemi- sphere, and relatively high in ... See full document

... Pesticides are frequently sprayed over the apple cultivated area to control pest and to fulfill its growing demand. As a result, pesticide residue levels (PRL) are high in apple fruit, which is a matter of health ... See full document