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Microrespirometry in Small Tissues and Organs

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Measurement of Ion Transport and Metabolic Rate in Insects

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Endothermic biological oxidations that are terminated by environmental oxygen are by far the predominate sources of energy in tissues or cells of insects; therefore, any more extensive metabolic conversion in the body should affect the intensity of respiration in one or another tissue. Respirometric data are less specific than the usual biochemical criteria for measuring intermediary cellular metabolism: they reflect the summation of all metabolic processes operative in the complex system of tissues and organs. It is generally accepted, however, that the changes found in tissue respiration are the best indication of metabolic changes associated with growth, development, and the maintenance or performance of physiological or biochemical functions. Although the literature contains extensive data on respiration of whole insects (for review see Keister and Buck 1974), our knowledge concerning rates of tissue respiration is incomplete.

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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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Sláma, K. (1984). Microrespirometry in Small Tissues and Organs. 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_5

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