Water vapour uptake from the atmosphere and critical equilibrium humidity of a feather mite.
The feather mite Proctophyllodes troncatus Robin takes up water vapour from subsaturated atmospheres down to relative humidities between 55% and 60%. Vapour uptake increases with rising humidity of the surrounding air and the time to attain maximum water gain decreases.
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Institut für Angewandte Zoologie, Freie Universität, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006813:Humidity; D008925:Mites / Q000378:metabolism*; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
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