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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 173, Issue 1 289-293, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists

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DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF MASS LOSS DURING DISCONTINUOUS VENTILATION IN TWO SPECIES OF ANTS

JRB. Lighton

A central controversy in the field of insect ventilation is the effect of the discontinuous ventilation cycle (DVC) on respiratory water loss rates. An accurate method of measuring water loss rates during the ventilation cycle would provide a direct means of resolving the controversy. It would also create opportunities for the comparative study of respiratory water loss rates in insects that employ different ventilation strategies and occupy different habitats.

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