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Desiccation Tolerance of the Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum Collected in Sapporo, Japan, and Bogor, Indonesia

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: A tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum showed anhydrobiotic capacity, in which the desiccation tolerance, given by the mean survival rate under desiccation at different relative humidity levels, was significantly higher in the Sapporo (Japan) population than that in the Bogor (Indonesia) population. Accordingly, the surviving tardigrades took a significantly longer time for revival in Bogor than those in Sapporo. The higher tolerance of the Sapporo population is thought to be related to the low relative humidity and low temperature such that the animals experience 41% RH in May and often -10 degrees C or lower in winter.

Source: ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.813

Authors: Daiki D. Horikawa, Seigo Higashi

Institution: Hokkaido University

Language: English

Topic: Tardigrade Biology and Ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1968875969

FWCI: 1.344

Cites: 16

Cited by: 34

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