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The Study of Atmospheric Water Absorption

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Measurement of Ion Transport and Metabolic Rate in Insects

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Atmospheric absorption is one of the most unusual and intriguing examples of water transport in animals, involving mechanisms that move water against spectacular thermodynamic gradients (Machin 1979b). Physiological study of the phenomenon has required the development of a wholly different experimental technology from that normally found in the transport physiologist’s laboratory. The experimenter must explore water movements in both gas and liquid phases, find ways of measuring biological fluids of exceedingly high solute concentration and correspondingly reduced solvent activities, and frequently overcome the difficulties of working with very small animals.

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  1. Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, 92717, Irvine, California, USA

    Timothy J. Bradley

  2. Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521, Riverside, California, USA

    Thomas A. Miller

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Machin, J. (1984). The Study of Atmospheric Water Absorption. In: Bradley, T.J., Miller, T.A. (eds) Measurement of Ion Transport and Metabolic Rate in Insects. Springer Series in Experimental Entomology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8239-3_4

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