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The oxygen uptake rates in temperature of acclimation at 20 and 35° C. were higher and lower respectively than when transferred to these two temperatures from 35° and 20° C. respectively.
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Communicated by Prof. S. Krishnaswamy,f.a.sc.
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Dwarakanath, S.K. Effect of temperature on the oxygen consumption in a tropical millipede,Harpurostreptus sp. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 73, 4–7 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045302
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045302