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Surveys the way in which land-dwelling arthropods deal with water in terrestrial environments, focusing on the evolutionary innovations and compromises employed by such diverse invertebrates as scorpions, beetles, hoverflies and spiders.
Contents
Introduction. Body Water. Cuticular Transpiration. Respiratory Transpiration. Excretion and Osmoregulation. The Uptake of Water. Water Relations of Eggs. Balancing Salts and Water. Thermoregulation and Relations.
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