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1 August 2004 Desiccation Tolerance of the Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum Collected in Sapporo, Japan, and Bogor, Indonesia
Daiki D. Horikawa, Seigo Higashi
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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°C or lower in winter.

Daiki D. Horikawa and Seigo Higashi "Desiccation Tolerance of the Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum Collected in Sapporo, Japan, and Bogor, Indonesia," Zoological Science 21(8), 813-816, (1 August 2004). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.21.813
Received: 7 April 2004; Accepted: 1 June 2004; Published: 1 August 2004
KEYWORDS
anhydrobiosis
desiccation tolerance
intraspecific variation
Milnesium
Tardigrada
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