Hyperosmotic oral fluid secretion during active water vapour absorption and during desiccation-induced storage-excretion by the unfed female tick Amblyomma americanum.
Sigal
M D
MD
Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Machin
J
J
Needham
G R
GR
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*
D014867:Water