From Observation to Theory with Resurrected Rotifers

摘要

Arrival, Survival & Revival To briefly summarize the ecology and physiology of the inhabitants of temporary aquatic habitats ... these organisms may either be highly mobile transients that arrive when water appears and leave before the habitat dries (mosquitoes, for example), or they may be permanent residents able to survive through periods of dryness (Williams, 1987). Rotifers are killed when the surrounding water is allowed to evaporate uninhibited from a clean glass slide; recovery is improved when drying occurs in a humid container or on filter paper, sand, or other substrates that hold water.