... to demand. Aquatic insects Behavior Boundary layer Discharge Microclimates Temperature Montana Water Center http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100013631 Life in water is shaped by the scarcity of oxygen ( Hutchinson, 1981 ; Lancaster and Downes, 2013 ). Water contains ∼30 times less...

.... In this paper, we present evidence for a role of NO in the discharge of acontial nematocytes. A citrulline-forming enzymatic activity, significantly decreased by the NO synthase inhibitor N w -nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) and by the Ca 2+ -chelating agent EGTA, was found in the acontial tissue of Aiptasia diaphana...

...Alberto Salleo; Giuseppina La Spada; Rosa Barbera ABSTRACT The activation properties of in situ nematocytes of Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa) were investigated by physical contact with a gelatin probe that, besides stimulating the nematocyte battery, retains the discharged nematocysts, thereby...

...Giuseppe Santoro; Alberto Salleo ABSTRACT The ionic events leading to discharge of in situ nematocysts were investigated in acontia excised from Aiptasia mutabilis Gravenhorst. The effect on discharge of various ionic solutions and ion channel blockers was tested. In the absence of Ca 2...