title: Hyperosmotic oral fluid secretion during active water vapour absorption and during desiccation-induced storage-excretion by the unfed female tick Amblyomma americanum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sigal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Machin
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Needham
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism; D003890:Desiccation; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000378:metabolism; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D013987:Ticks / Q000502:physiology*; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014867:Water