Responses of invertebrates to temperature and water stress: A polar perspective
Everatt, Matthew J.; Convey, Pete ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Bale, Jeffrey S.; Worland, M. Roger; Hayward, Scott A.L..
2015
Responses of invertebrates to temperature and water stress: A polar perspective.
Journal of Thermal Biology, 54.
118-132.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.05.004
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Abstract/Summary
As small bodied poikilothermic ectotherms, invertebrates, more so than any other animal group, are susceptible to extremes of temperature and low water availability. In few places is this more apparent than in the Arctic and Antarctic, where low temperatures predominate and water is unusable during winter and unavailable for parts of summer. Polar terrestrial invertebrates express a suite of physiological, biochemical and genomic features in response to these stressors. However, the situation is not as simple as responding to each stressor in isolation, as they are often faced in combination. We consider how polar terrestrial invertebrates manage this scenario in light of their physiology and ecology. Climate change is also leading to warmer summers in parts of the polar regions, concomitantly increasing the potential for drought. The interaction between high temperature and low water availability, and the invertebrates׳ response to them, are therefore also explored.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.05.004 |
Programmes: | BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ecosystems |
ISSN: | 03064565 |
Additional Keywords: | cross tolerance, rapid cold hardening, anhydrobiosis, cryoprotective dehydration, sub-lethal characteristics, climate warming |
Date made live: | 29 May 2014 14:37 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504559 |
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