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Plastron Respiration Using Commercial Fabrics

A variety of insect and arachnid species are able to remain submerged in water indefinitely using plastron respiration. A plastron is a surface-retained film of air produced by surface morphology that acts as an oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange surface. Many highly water repellent and hydrophobic surf...

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Autores principales: Atherton, Shaun, Brennan, Joseph C., Morris, Robert H., Smith, Joshua D.E., Hamlett, Christopher A.E., McHale, Glen, Shirtcliffe, Neil J., Newton, Michael I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28788469
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma7010484