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A continuously recording respirometer, used to measure oxygen consumption and estimate locomotor activity in tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans
Author(s) -
TAYLOR PAUL
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1977.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - respirometer , biology , glossina morsitans , diel vertical migration , respirometry , locomotor activity , zoology , rhythm , ecology , anatomy , respiration , biochemistry , endocrinology , philosophy , aesthetics
. The construction of a continuously recording respirometer is described. The oxygen consumption patterns of male tsetse flies recorded with this apparatus generally match their patterns of locomotor activity previously reported from actograph data and direct observation. Clear signs of a diel rhythm, in a light cycle, were still apparent at the low temperature of 15°C.